Identification of a new transposon Tn5403 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a polluted aquatic environment.
A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain having mobilization "helper" potential has been isolated from the river Rhine. Analysis of the transconjugants resulting from the mobilization of non-conjugative pBR-type plasmids and RSF1010 derivatives showed that the transfer-helper capacity of the K. pneumoniae strain is related to the presence of a Tn3-like transposable element, Tn5403. This element has been identified and localized in a plasmid.
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Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique, Université Louis-Pasteur, CNRS URA 1481 GEM, Strasbourg, France.
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D001483:Base Sequence; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D005618:Fresh Water; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D014871:Water Microbiology
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements