title: [Inheritance of biodegradation plasmids in the cells of homo- and heterologous hosts].
abstract: A systematic analysis of the inheritance of D plasmids of the IncP-9 group (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta-, epsilon-, zeta-, eta-, theta-subgroups), IncP-7, as well as of those of undefined systematic affiliation in the cells of homologous (Pseudomonas putida) and heterologous (Escherichia coli) hosts was performed for the first time. For this purpose, mini-Tn5 transposons determining resistance to kanamycin (or streptomycin) were introduced into all the D plasmids under study. It has been established that all IncP-9 plasmids can be transmitted to the cells of a heterologous host E. coli (with the exception of plasmid pSVS15 from theta-subgroup). IncP-7 plasmids and those of undefined systematic affiliation do not possess this property and can be transmitted and stably inherited only in P. putida. The distinctive feature of most IncP-9 plasmids (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta-, epsilon-, and zeta-subgroups) is strict dependence of their inheritance on the temperature factor. At 37 degrees C, the plasmids of delta-, zeta-, and theta-subgroups are unstable in P. putida cells, while in E. coli nearly all plasmids of this systematic group are unstable. The exceptions are the plasmids of eta- and gamma-subgroups. Inheritance of these plasmids does not depend on temperature. At 28 degrees C and 37 degrees C, the eta plasmid is not maintained stably (inheritance stability is 2%), while the gamma plasmid has almost 100% stability under the same conditions.
authors: S L
authors: SL
authors: Vasilenko
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Titok
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D007612:Kanamycin