COMPETITION BETWEEN STRAINS OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI WITH AND WITHOUT PLASMID RP4 DURING CHEMOSTAT GROWTH

被引:7
作者
NUMAN, Z [1 ]
VENABLES, WA [1 ]
WIMPENNY, JWT [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WALES COLL CARDIFF,COLL CARDIFF,SCH PURE & APPL BIOL,POB 915,CARDIFF CF1 3TL,WALES
关键词
COMPETITION; CHEMOSTAT; PLASMID; ESCHERICHIA-COLI;
D O I
10.1139/m91-086
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Escherichia coli strains J53(nal) and J53(RP4) were grown together in glucose-limited continuous cultures. Based on the measured growth kinetic constants of the two strains, take-over of the cultures by J53(RP4) was predicted. However, in practice, an initial period of predominance by J53(RP4) was always followed by a prolonged period in which relative numerical proportions of the two strains oscillated widely. This period of oscillation was removed or greatly reduced when the difference between the predicted growth-rate potentials of the two strains was increased by selection of a chemostat-adapted variant of J53(RP4).
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