A SIMPLE MOST PROBABLE NUMBER TECHNIQUE FOR THE SENSITIVE RECOVERY OF A GENETICALLY-MODIFIED PSEUDOMONAS-AUREOFACIENS FROM SOIL

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作者
DELEIJ, FAAM [1 ]
BAILEY, MJ [1 ]
WHIPPS, JM [1 ]
LYNCH, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] INST VIROL & ENVIRONM MICROBIOL,MOLEC MICROBIAL ECOL LAB,NAT ENVIRONM RES COUNCIL,OXFORD OX1 35R,ENGLAND
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10.1111/j.1472-765X.1993.tb00364.x
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A strain of Pseudomonas aureofaciens (SBW25EeZY-6KX) that was chromosomally marked with a lacZY and a km(r)-xylE cassette could be recovered from non-sterile soil by a selective Pseudomonas enrichment broth amended with 100 ppm kanamycin and 50 ppm X-gal in an MPN (most probable number) assay. The assay was sensitive and reliable, allowing detection of as few as one recombinant cell in a 1% (w/v) soil suspension. The soil used contained a large (ca 5% of total culturable bacteria) background of indigenous bacteria that were either able to utilize lactose, were resistant to kanamycin, or both.
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