Horizontal Gene Transfer of SGI-4 (from BBS 1356) or a plasmid containing<i> oriT</i><sub>SGI-4_966</sub> (from BBS 1636) to <i>Salmonella</i> serovars or other Enterobacteriaceae
<p>Conjugation efficiency of <em>Salmonella</em> Genomic Island 4 (SGI-4) from donor <em>Salmonella enterica</em> serovar I 4,[5],12:i:- strain BBS 1356 or a plasmid containing<em> oriT</em><sub>SGI-4_966</sub> from donor <em>Salmonella enterica</em> serovar I 4,[5],12:i:- strain BBS 1636 to recipient strains of <em>Salmonella enterica</em> serovars (Choleraesuis, Infantis, Enteritidis, and Senftenberg) or other Enterobacteriaceae (<em>Escherichia coli</em> and <em>Citrobacter youngae</em>)<em>.</em> The <em>oriT</em><sub>SGI-4_966</sub> nucleotide sequence spans nucleotides <a href="https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/institution/review" target="_blank">4704810</a>-<a href="https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/institution/review" target="_blank">4705775</a> of the <em>Salmonella enterica</em> serovar I 4,[5],12:i:- strain USDA15WA-1 genome (<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/CP040686" target="_blank">CP040686</a>). Conjugation efficiency was calculated by dividing the colony forming units (CFU)/mL of transconjugants divided by the CFU/mL of donors. A transconjugant is a bacterial recipient that received DNA from the donor strain due to horizontal gene transfer.</p>