Transconjugation between Bacteria in the Digestive Tract of the Cutworm Peridroma saucia.
Transconjugants arising from transfer of plasmid R388::Tn1721 between donor and recipient strains of Enterobacter cloacae were detected in samples from the digestive tracts and fecal pellets of variegated cutworms (Peridroma saucia).
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Terrestrial Microbial Ecology/Biotechnology Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Research Laboratory, 200 S.W. 35th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97333.
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