title: Isolation of Plasmid-Harboring Serratia plymuthica from Facultative Gut Microflora of the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta.
abstract: Aseptic isolation of the facultative gut microflora of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, yielded four microorganisms. Two were gram-positive Bacillus spp., one was Serratia plymuthica, and another was the yeast Candida guilliermondii. The three bacterial species were screened for extrachromosomal DNA, and S. plymuthica was found to have a 6.4-kilobase plasmid, which was designated pCP-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York 11439.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toth-Prestia
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Hirshfield