Transfer of conjugative elements from rumen and human Firmicutes bacteria to Roseburia inulinivorans

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Jun;74(12):3915-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02807-07. Epub 2008 May 2.

Abstract

Studies on Firmicutes bacteria from the gut are hampered by a lack of gene transfer systems. Here the human colonic anaerobe Roseburia inulinivorans A2-194 was shown to be a transfer recipient for two conjugative transposons, Tn1545 from Eubacterium cellulosolvens and TnK10 from Clostridium saccharolyticum K10.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Conjugation, Genetic*
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / genetics*
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Rumen / microbiology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU305624