RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Bhaskaran, K. A1 Sinha, V. B.YR 1971 T1 Transmissible Plasmid Factors and Fertility Inhibition in Vibrio cholerae JF Microbiology, VO 69 IS 1 SP 89 OP 97 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-69-1-89 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Summary: Conjugation in Vibrio cholerae is mediated by a sex factor, designated the P factor. The present report is concerned with the identification of another transmissible factor, labelled the V factor, in a strain of non-cholera vibrio. Although the P and V factors are compatible and may coexist in a cell, a phenomenon of repression of P is observed in the presence of the V factor. There is, however, a brief time lag during which P− V+ cells, newly infected with the P factor, are fertile. The evidence points to the development of a repression mechanism after infection with the P factor in these strains. Rare recombinants having the O antigens of the non-cholera vibrio strain (donor) were isolated from a strain of V. cholerae (recipient) after conjugation. One such recombinant was P+V− and could therefore be used to obtain similar antigenic hybrids from other strains of V. cholerae. , UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-69-1-89