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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1993 June; 59(6): 1762-1766
Copyright © 1993, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Plasmids pJP4 and r68.45 Can Be Transferred between Populations of Bradyrhizobia in Nonsterile Soil

B. K. Kinkle{dagger}, M. J. Sadowsky, E. L. Schmidt* and W. C. Koskinen

1 Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Soil Science, University of Minnesota, 2 St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

ABSTRACT

IncP plasmid r68.45, which carries several antibiotic resistance genes, and IncP plasmid pJP4, which contains genes for mercury resistance and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation, were evaluated for their ability to transfer to soil populations of rhizobia. Transfer of r68.45 was detected in nonsterile soil by using Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 123 as the plasmid donor and several Bradyrhizobium sp. strains as recipients. Plasmid transfer frequencies ranged up to 9.1 x 10-5 in soil amended with 0.1% soybean meal and were highest after 7 days with strain 3G4b4-RS as the recipient. Transconjugants were detected in 7 of 500 soybean nodules tested, but the absence of both parental strains in these nodules suggests that plasmid transfer had occurred in the soil, in the rhizosphere, or on the root surface. Transfer of degradative plasmid pJP4 was also evaluated in nonsterile soil by using B. japonicum USDA 438 as the plasmid donor and several Bradyrhizobium sp. strains as recipients. Plasmid pJP4 was transferred only when strains USDA 110-ARS and 3G4b4-RS were the recipients. The plasmid transfer frequency was highest for strain 3G4b4-RS (up to 7.4 x 10-6). Mercury additions to soil, ranging from 10 to 50 µg/g of soil, did not affect population levels of parental strains or the plasmid transfer frequency.

FOOTNOTES

* Corresponding author.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1993 June; 59(6): 1762-1766
Copyright © 1993, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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