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Evolution of heavy metal resistant transconjugants in a soil environment with a concomitant selective pressure
Authors:Helene De  Rore Eva Top  Frans Houwen  Max Mergeay  Willy Verstraete
Institution:Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium;Laboratory of Genetics and Biotechnology, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (V.I.T.O.), Mol, Belgium
Abstract:Abstract Conjugal transfer between Escherichia coli and Alcaligenes eutrophus of plasmid pDN705, containing genes encoding resistance against cadmium, zinc, and cobalt ( czc genes) occurred in heavy metal polluted soil. The selective pressure from heavy metals (especially Zn2+) resulted in an increased number of resistant transconjugants and higher respiratory activities in sterile soil. As filter mattings showed no or even a negative effect of Zn2+ on plasmid transfer, the increase of the number of transconjugants in polluted was probably due to growth rather than stimulated transfer. High numbers of recipients inhibited extended growth of transconjugants in sterile unpolluted soil. This intranspecific competition was overcome in the presence of heavy metals. In non-sterile soil, such an effect of heavy metals was not always evident, and seemed to be related to the severity of the selective pressure and inversely to the overall biological competition.
Keywords:Plasmid transfer  Population dynamics  Selective pressure  Heavy metal              Escherichia coli                        Alcaligenes eutrophus
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