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Hall JPJ, Williams D, Paterson S, Harrison E, Brockhurst MA. Positive selection inhibits gene mobilisation and transfer in soil bacterial communities. Nat Ecol Evol 2017; 1:1348-1353. [PMID: 28890938 PMCID: PMC5584672 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0250-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- James P J Hall
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. .,Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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Effective antibacterial drugs have been available for nearly 50 years. After the introduction of each new such drug, whether chemically synthesized or a naturally occurring antibiotic, bacterial resistance to it has emerged. The genetic mechanisms by which bacteria have acquired resistance were quite unexpected; a new evolutionary pathways has been revealed. Although some antibiotic resistance has resulted from mutational changes in structural proteins--targets for the drugs' action--most has resulted from the acquisition of new, ready-made genes from an external source--that is, from another bacterium. Vectors of the resistance genes are plasmids--heritable DNA molecules that are transmissible between bacterial cells. Plasmids without antibiotic-resistance genes are common in all kinds of bacteria. Resistance plasmids have resulted from the insertion of new DNA sequences into previously existing plasmids. Thus, the spread of antibiotic resistance is at three levels: bacteria between people or animals; plasmids between bacteria; and transposable genes between plasmids.
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Miksch G, Lentzsch P. Construction of an R-prime plasmid carrying thehup genes ofAzorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 and its transfer to and stability inRhizobium meliloti. J Basic Microbiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620300310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Plasmid pIG7 DNA cloned in Pseudomonas putida with the broad-host-range vectors pRK290 and pKT240 expresses the genes encoding nephthalene oxidation in the presence of the intermediate substrate, salicylate, or the gratuitous inducer, anthranilate. Two operons, nahAF and nahGK, cloned from the EcoRI fragment A (25 kilobases) are under wild-type regulation by the nahR locus. Deletion plasmids provide a restriction map of both operons. Double transformants containing structural and regulatory cistron nahR in trans are used to demonstrate positive control of expression.
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Clarke PH, Laverack PD. Expression of the argF gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, and Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1983; 154:508-12. [PMID: 6403512 PMCID: PMC217487 DOI: 10.1128/jb.154.1.508-512.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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R' plasmids carrying argF genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains PAO and PAC were transferred to Pseudomonas putida argF and Escherichia coli argF strains. Expression in P. putida was similar to that in P. aeruginosa and was repressed by exogenous arginine. Expression in E. coli was 2 to 4% of that in P. aeruginosa. Exogenous arginine had no effect, and there were no significant differences between argR' and argR strains of E. coli in this respect.
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Bánfalvi Z, Randhawa GS, Kondorosi É, Kiss A, Kondorosi Á. Construction and characterization of R-prime plasmids carrying symbiotic genes of R. meliloti. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00326065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vasil ML, Berka RM, Gray GL, Nakai H. Cloning of a phosphate-regulated hemolysin gene (phospholipase C) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 1982; 152:431-40. [PMID: 6811559 PMCID: PMC221435 DOI: 10.1128/jb.152.1.431-440.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Phospholipase C (heat-labile hemolysin) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a phosphate (P(i))-regulated extracellular protein which may be a significant virulence factor of this organism. The gene for this hemolytic enzyme was cloned on a 4.1-megadalton (Mdal) fragment from a BamHI digest of P. aeruginosa PAO1 genomic DNA and was inserted into the BamHI sites of the multicopy Escherichia coli(pBR322) and P. aeruginosa(pMW79) vectors. The E. coli and P. aeruginosa recombinant plasmids were designated pGV26 and pVB81, respectively. A restriction map of the 4.1-Mdal fragment from pGV26 was constructed, using double and single digestions with BamHI and EcoRI and several different restriction enzymes. Based on information from this map, a 2.4-Mdal BamHI/BglII fragment containing the gene for phospholipase C was subcloned to pBR322. The hybrid plasmids pGV26 and pVB81 direct the synthesis of enzymatically active phospholipase C, which is also hemolytic. The plasmid-directed synthesis of phospholipase C in E. coli or P. aeruginosa is not repressible by P(i) as is the chromosomally directed synthesis in P. aeruginosa. Data are presented which suggest that the synthesis of phospholipase C from pGV26 and pVB81 is directed from the tetracycline resistance gene promoter. The level of enzyme activity produced by E. coli(pGV26) is slightly higher than the levels produced by P. aeruginosa(pMW79) under repressed conditions. In contrast, the levels produced by P. aeruginosa(pVB81) are at least 600-fold higher than the levels produced by P. aeruginosa(pMW79) under repressed conditions and approximately 20-fold higher than those produced by P. aeruginosa(pMW79) under derepressed conditions. The majority (85%) of the enzyme produced by E. coli(pGV26) remained cell associated, whereas >95% of the enzyme produced by P. aeruginosa(pVB81) was extracellular. Analysis of extracellular proteins from cultures of P. aeruginosa(pMW79) and P. aeruginosa(pVB81) by high-performance liquid chromotography and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed that the phospholipase C gene was cloned intact, and it is likely that several additional genes were cloned on the 4.1-Mdal fragment of DNA. It was also found that some of these genes encode proteins which are the same molecular weight as some previously described P(i)-repressible proteins of P. aeruginosa. The existence of a P(i) regulon of P. aeruginosa is proposed. It is likely that one of these genes also regulates the level of pyocyanin production by P. aeruginosa and that one or more play a role in transport or binding of P(i). The availability of the hybrid plasmids described herein will be useful in further studies on the role of this hemolysin in the virulence of P. aeruginosa and in the study of the genetics and physiology of P(i)-regulated proteins.
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Morgan AF. Isolation and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa R' plasmids constructed by interspecific mating. J Bacteriol 1982; 149:654-61. [PMID: 6799492 PMCID: PMC216555 DOI: 10.1128/jb.149.2.654-661.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Plasmid R68.45 was used to construct R' plasmids carrying a maximum of 4 to 5 map minutes of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO chromosome by interspecific mating, using P. putida PPN as the recipient. These R' plasmids were used to determine the map location of the amiE locus and to identify tentatively a number of P. putida auxotrophic mutations. Some of these R' plasmids could not be maintained in recombination-deficient P. aeruginosa strains.
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Ribbons DW, Williams PA. Genetic engineering on microorganisms for chemicals: diversity of genetic and biochemical traits of pseudomonads. BASIC LIFE SCIENCES 1982; 19:211-32. [PMID: 6279084 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4142-0_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tsuda M, Oguchi T, Iino T. Analysis of flagellar genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by use of Rfla plasmids and conjugations. J Bacteriol 1981; 147:1008-14. [PMID: 6792183 PMCID: PMC216140 DOI: 10.1128/jb.147.3.1008-1014.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Over 300 flagellar mutants were isolated in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO. R-prime plasmids carrying segments of bacterial chromosome which can complement the mutant phenotypes were isolated by means of plasmid R68.45. Among the R-prime plasmids, pMT6 complemented 167 out of 307 mutants examined, and pMT19 complemented the remaining 140 mutants. We found no mutant which was complemented by both of these plasmids. Hence, the flagellar genes were divided into two clusters by these two plasmids, namely, region I on pMT19 and region II on pMT6. By FP5- and R68.45-mediated conjugation, these two regions were located on the P. aeruginosa PAO chromosome with an order of puuF--region I--region II--oru-325.
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Willetts NS, Crowther C, Holloway BW. The insertion sequence IS21 of R68.45 and the molecular basis for mobilization of the bacterial chromosome. Plasmid 1981; 6:30-52. [PMID: 6269130 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619x(81)90052-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Grinter NJ. Analysis of chromosome mobilization using hybrids between plasmid RP4 and a fragment of bacteriophage lambda carrying IS1. Plasmid 1981; 5:267-76. [PMID: 6267631 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619x(81)90004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A pBR322:RSF1010 composite plasmid, constructed in vitro, was used as a cloning vector in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This nonamplifiable plasmid, pMW79, has a molecular weight of 8.4 X 10(6) and exists as a multicopy plasmid in both P. aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. In P. aeruginosa strain PAO2003, pMW79 conferred resistance to carbenicillin and tetracycline. Characterization of pMW79 with restriction enzymes revealed that four enzymes (BamHI, SalI, HindIII, and HpaI) cleaved the plasmid at unique restriction sites. Cloning P. aeruginosa chromosomal deoxyribonucleic acid fragments into the BamHI or SalI site of pMW79 inactivated the tetracycline resistance gene. Thus, cells carrying recombinant plasmids could be identified by their carbenicillin resistance, tetracycline sensitivity phenotype. Deoxyribonucleic acid fragments of approximately 0.5 to 7.0 megadaltons were inserted into pMW79, and the recombinant plasmids were stably maintained in a recombination-deficient (recA) P. aeruginosa host.
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Leemans J, Villarroel R, Silva B, Van Montagu M, Schell J. Direct repetition of a 1.2 Md DNA sequence is involved in site-specific recombination by the P1 plasmid R68. Gene X 1980; 10:319-28. [PMID: 6253353 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(80)90152-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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R68.45, a mutant R68 plasmid, carries a 1.5 Md DNA insertion near its kanamycin-resistance region. This DNA consists of a 1.2 Md DNA repetition of neighbouring R68-DNA and a 0.3 Md "foreign" DNA fragment that is flanked by this direct DNA repeat. This fragment seems to be involved in the formation of R'68.45 plasmids. Duplication of the 1.2 Md DNA sequence is also involved in site-specific recombination events of RP4. This 1.2 Md DNA fragment has the properties of an IS sequence and is denoted IS8.
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Kiss GB, Dobo K, Dusha I, Breznovits A, Orosz L, Vincze E, Kondorosi A. Isolation and characterization of an R-prime plasmid from Rhizobium meliloti. J Bacteriol 1980; 141:121-8. [PMID: 6986354 PMCID: PMC293544 DOI: 10.1128/jb.141.1.121-128.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Using a simple enrichment procedure, we isolated an R-prime derivative of plasmid R68.45 carrying a 17.8-megadalton segment of the Rhizobium meliloti 41 chromosome. The chromosomal segment carried on this plasmid (pGY1) includes the markers cys-24+, cys-46+, and att16-3. Plasmid pGY1 mobilized the chromosome in a polarized way starting from the region of homology, but cannot promote chromosome transfer from other sites. The att16-3 site on pGY1 allowed the integration of phage 16-3 into pGY1, and a composite plasmid of 91.8 megadaltons was formed. This vector (pGY2) is suitable for the introduction of Rhizobium bacteriophage 16-3 into other gram-negative bacteria.
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Hedges RW, Matthew M. Acquisition by Escherichia coli of plasmid-borne beta-lactamases normally confined to Pseudomonas spp. Plasmid 1979; 2:269-78. [PMID: 377324 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619x(79)90045-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An R' plasmid, R'PA1, carrying a 3- to 4-min segment of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa chromosome has been derived from the incP-1 plasmid R68.45. The chromosomal segment includes the markers argA, argB, argH, and lys-12. The plasmid retains all the properties of R68.45, including chromosome mobilization ability and wide bacterial host range. R'PA1 reverts to R68.45 in rec+ strains of P. aeruginosa, but it can be maintained in a recA strain.
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