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Escherichia coli IncW plasmid pSa was transferred by conjugation into three Gram-negative strains of methylotrophic bacteria and its physical autonomy, stable maintenance, replication and expression of the majority of its genes in these strains were established. A non-conjugative mini-derivative of pSa, plasmid pGV1106, was introduced into one of the methylotrophs by mobilization.
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Nešvera, J., Hochmannová, J., Holubová, I. et al. Transfer of IncW plasmids into methylotrophic bacteria by conjugation and mobilization. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 26, 147–148 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00253899
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