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Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria pp 98–110Cite as

Conjugative Gene Transfer in Clostridia

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The conjugative transfer of plasmids between Clostridium perfringens strains was initially described by Sebald and Bréfort in 1975. This was the first demonstration of gene transfer in Clostridia; it was also one of the earliest reports of conjugative gene transfer between gram-positive bacteria. During the past decade, several conjugative elements, both plasmids and transposons, have been identified in the predominantly pathogenic, amino acid-fermenting Clostridia. As the following discussion demonstrates, these indigenous clostridial conjugative elements remain poorly characterized.

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Young, M. (1993). Conjugative Gene Transfer in Clostridia. In: Sebald, M. (eds) Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7087-5_6

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