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Plasmids RP1, R68.45 and RP4::Mu cts 61 were transferred into Rhodopseudomonas capsulata from Escherichia coli. The frequency of intraspecies transfer of these plasmids in R. capsulata was 10-4–10-5 per donor. The plasmids also mobilized chromosomal genes at a low frequency. Phototrophic recombinants from matings between recipient strains defective in the photosynthetic-apparatus and wild type donors were obtained at a frequency of 10-7–10-8 per donor.
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Yu, PL., Cullum, J. & Drews, G. Conjugational transfer systems of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata mediated by R plasmids. Arch Microbiol 128, 390–393 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405918
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