Defining the requirements for the conjugative transfer of Rhizobium leguminosarum plasmid pRleVF39b

• Published in: Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) Vol. 166; no. 3; pp. 318 - 331
• Main Authors: Wathugala, N Dulmini, Hemananda, Kasuni M, Yip, Cynthia B, Hynes, Michael F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2020
• Subjects: plasmid; Rhizobium; regulation; conjugation; horizontal gene transfer; relaxase

strain VF39 contains a plasmid, pRleVF39b, which encodes a distinctive type of conjugation system (rhizobial type IVa) that is relatively widespread among rhizobial genomes. The cluster of genes encoding the transfer functions lacks orthologs to genes such as , and , but contains 15 conserved genes...