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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, p. 7954-7958, Vol. 72, No. 12
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01213-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer as Origin of Putrescine Production in Oenococcus oeni RM83{triangledown}

Ángela Marcobal,1,2 Blanca de las Rivas,1 M. Victoria Moreno-Arribas,2 and Rosario Muñoz1*

Departamento de Microbiología,1 Departamento de Caracterización de Alimentos, Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain2

Received 25 May 2006/ Accepted 9 October 2006

The nucleotide sequence of a 17.2-kb chromosomal DNA fragment containing the odc gene encoding ornithine decarboxylase has been determined in the putrescine producer Oenococcus oeni RM83. This DNA fragment contains 13 open reading frames, including genes coding for five transposases and two phage proteins. This description might represent the first evidence of a horizontal gene transfer event as the origin of a biogenic amine biosynthetic locus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34 91 562 2900. Fax: 34 91 564 4853. E-mail: rmunoz{at}ifi.csic.es.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 October 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, p. 7954-7958, Vol. 72, No. 12
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01213-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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