Generation of Novel Plasmids in Escherichia coli S17-1(pSUP106).

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Autor: Mahapatra, Nitish R., Ghosh, Sajalendu, Sarkar, Partha K., Banerjee, Pataki C.
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Zdroj: Current Microbiology; May2003, Vol. 46 Issue 5, p0318-0323, 6p
Abstrakt: When the highly metal-resistant acidophilic heterotrophic strain, Acidiphilium symbioticum KM2, was incubated with two Escherichia coli strains, viz. S17-1 (pSUP106) and K12, on a medium that supported growth of these two divergent species of different habitats, E. coli transconjugants were isolated that contained novel plasmids and were resistant to Zn2+ (48 mM), Cu2+ (12 mM), Ni2+ (12 mM), chloramphenicol (50 μg/ml), and tetracycline (25 μg/ml). The transconjugant plasmids did not hybridize with any of the A. symbioticum KM2 plasmids. After curing of the plasmids, the transconjugants became sensitive to 12 mM Zn2+, 12 mM Cu2+, and 12 mM Ni2+, but remained chloramphenicol and tetracycline resistant—the phenotypic markers that were originally present in pSUP106. That a part of pSUP106 was integrated into the chromosome of the transconjugants was evident from the hybridization of pSUP106 with chromosomal DNA of the cured derivatives of the transconjugants. Further, the transconjugant plasmids hybridized only with the chromosomal DNA of E. coli S17-1 and not with the chromosomal DNA of A. symbioticum KM2 or E. coli K12, suggesting their host chromosomal origin. Thus, the present study describes a unique event of genetic rearrangements in the E. coli strain S17-1 (pSUP106), resulting in the formation of novel plasmids conferring metal-resistance phenotypes in the cell. Correspondence to: N.R. Mahapatra; email: nmahapatra@ucsd.edu; and P.C. Banerjee; email: pcbanerjee@iicb.res.in --> [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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