title: Conjugal transfer of enterococcal transposons in Bacillus megaterium.
abstract: The conjugative enterococcal transposons Tn916 and Tn919 were introduced into Bacillus megaterium by a filtermating technique. The transfer frequencies obtained ranged from 1.3×10(-6) to 6.6×10(-7). The transposons integrated stably into the B. megaterium chromosome. Tn916 could generate auxotrophs and was transferred from B. megaterium Tn916 transconjugants to other species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Floccari
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Méndez