Vir-dependent Transfer of RSF1010-Derivatives between Agrobacterial and Enterobacterial Cells
The capacity of Agrobacterium tumefaciens vir genes to determine transfer of RSF1010-derivates to the cells of unrelated heterologous bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Erwinia carotovora and Erwinia herbicola, was shown. Transport of RSF1010-derivatives from A.tumefaciens cells (Rhizobiaceae) to the cells of three microorganisms from Enterobacteriaceae family has similar efficiency with intraspesific matings (10−4).