title: Transconjugation between Bacteria in the Digestive Tract of the Cutworm Peridroma saucia.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Terrestrial Microbial Ecology/Biotechnology Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Research Laboratory, 200 S.W. 35th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97333.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Porteous