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Table 2 Conjugation efficiency of pSE-Kux1 among various Gram-negative species

From: Evaluation of Gram-negative bacterial infection by a stable and conjugative bioluminescence plasmid in a mouse model

Donor bacteria Recipient bacteria Conjugation efficiency#
E. coli/pSE-Lux1 A. baumannii AB08 1.2 ± 0.6 × 10−7
A. baumannii AB23 8.1 ± 3.8 × 10−6
E. coli TOP10 1.8 ± 1.6 × 10−4
K. pneumoniae CG354 1.9 ± 1.3 × 10−6
S. Choleraesuis SC7085 7.5 ± 2.4 × 10−3
S. Typhimurium OU5045 1.0 ± 0.8 × 10−6
Serratia marcescens CB40 5.9 ± 5.1 × 10−7
Serratia marcescens CB47 1.2 ± 0.4 × 10−3
S. Typhimurium OU5046/pSE-Lux1 E. coli TOP10 2.2 ± 1.1 × 10−6
K. pneumoniae CG354 8.4 ± 4.6 × 10−7
S. Typhimurium OU5045 1.4 ± 1.6 × 10−3
  1. #Conjugation efficiencies were determined from three individual tests.
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Journal of Biomedical Science

ISSN: 1423-0127