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Encapsidation of host DNA by bacteriophages infecting marine Synechococcus strains
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Clokie, Martha R. J., Millard, Andrew D., Wilson, William H. and Mann, Nicholas H. (2003) Encapsidation of host DNA by bacteriophages infecting marine Synechococcus strains. In: 8th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology (SAME-8), Sicily, Italy, 25-29 Oct 2002. Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 46 (Number 3). pp. 349-352. ISSN 0168-6496. doi:10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00247-2
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00247-2
Abstract
It has been speculated that horizontal gene transfer might be important in the evolution of strains of the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus and that phages might mediate this process, but until now there has been no direct evidence to support this idea. We have rigorously purified bacteriophages (eyanomyoviruses) from their Synechococcus host and performed a series of experiments on phage-encapsidated DNA to reveal the presence of chromosomal Synechococcus DNA. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction has shown that similar to1 in 10(5) Synechococcus phage particles contain a host marker gene in their capsids. This is the first study that has shown that phages infecting marine Synechococcus strains can package host DNA and this provides evidence for the potential importance of these phage in horizontal gene transfer. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0168-6496 | ||||
| Official Date: | 5 December 2003 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 46 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 349-352 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00247-2 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
| Title of Event: | 8th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology (SAME-8) | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Sicily, Italy | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 25-29 Oct 2002 |
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