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IncP plasmids were transferred by conjugation from Escherichia coli to gas-vacuolate strains of Ancylobacter aquaticus, between strains of A. aquaticus, and from A. aquaticus to E. coli. These plasmids would also mobilize the chromosome of A. aquaticus. In this way, A. aquaticus genes could complement mutations in either A. aquaticus or E. coli. A locus involved in gas vesicle production was co-transferred with rifampicin resistance in matings between strains of A. aquaticus.
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