Journal
FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 3, Pages 345-349Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00661.x
Keywords
biofilm; horizontal gene transfer; eDNA; transformation; conjugation; Tn916
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- Department of Biology, UCL Summer Studentship Scheme
- Malaysian Government
- Society for General Microbiology Vacation Studentship Scheme
- Department of Health's NIHR Biomedical Research Centres Funding Scheme, UK
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We demonstrate that live donor Veillonella dispar cells can transfer the conjugative transposon Tn916 to four different Streptococcus spp. recipients in a multispecies oral consortium growing as a biofilm in a constant depth film fermentor. Additionally, we demonstrate that purified V. dispar DNA can transform Streptococcus mitis to tetracycline resistance in this experimental system. These data show that transfer of conjugative transposon-encoded antibiotic resistance can occur by transformation in addition to conjugation in biofilms.
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