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Native plasmids of Fusobacterium nucleatum: characterization and use in development of genetic systems
S K Haake1, S C Yoder, G Attarian
1Divisions of Associated Clinical Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California 90095-1668, USA. shaake@dent.ucla.edu
Journal of Bacteriology
|January 29, 2000
Abstract:
Three native plasmids of Fusobacterium nucleatum were characterized, including DNA sequence analysis of one plasmid, pFN1. A shuttle plasmid, pHS17, capable of transforming Escherichia coli and F. nucleatum ATCC 10953 was constructed with pFN1. pHS17 was stably maintained in the F. nucleatum transformants, and differences in the transformation efficiencies suggested the presence of a restriction-modification system in F. nucleatum.