title: Evidence for stable transformation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a pUC-based plasmid.
abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa was transformed with pUC8:16, a pUC-based plasmid bearing the gene (vgb) encoding Vitreoscilla (bacterial) hemoglobin (VHb). Transformation was initially indicated by an increase in ampicillin resistance from 1500 to 2500 mg l(-1). Presence of the plasmid in P. aeruginosa was confirmed by amplification of a portion of vgb from and detection of VHb in the transformant but not the untransformed host. Southern blot analysis further indicated that pUC8:16 existed as an autonomous plasmid rather than integrated into the chromosome of the P. aeruginosa transformant.
authors.affiliation: Biology Division, Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA.
authors.forename: Yongsoon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dale A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000668:Ampicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000235:genetics*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D014170:Transformation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D054793:Truncated Hemoglobins
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D054793:Truncated Hemoglobins; C082613:hemoglobin protein, Vitreoscilla; D000667:Ampicillin