title: Generalized transduction.
abstract: Transduction is the process in which bacterial DNA is transferred from one bacterial cell to another by means of a phage particle. There are two types of transduction, generalized transduction and specialized transduction. In this chapter two of the best-studied systems - Escherichia coli-phage P1, and Salmonella enterica-phage P22 - are discussed from theoretical and practical perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thierauf
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: And Stanley
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Maloy
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D017101:Bacteriophage P1 / Q000235:genetics; D017100:Bacteriophage P22 / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000821:virology; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000821:virology; D014161:Transduction, Genetic / Q000379:methods*