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Genetic Transformation in Haemophilus parainfluenzae Clinical Isolates

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Haemophilus parainfluenzae isolates recovered from patients with respiratory diseases were studied for their ability to undergo genetic transformation by isogenic DNA. Two chromosomal markers, streptomycin resistance and nalidixic acid resistance, were tested for transformation efficiencies in H. parainfluenzae recipients from three biotypes. Most efficient in transformation was biotype II, followed by biotype I, while biotype III was nontransformable. Lack of transformation was not owing to poor donor activity of DNA, but to inability of the cells to develop competence. Strains that formed clumps in liquid media were nontransformable. Since the transformable biotype II is one of the prevalent biotypes world wide, one can speculate that DNA transformation probably plays a major role in the spread of drug resistance in H. parainfluenzae.

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Received: 9 December 1997 / Accepted: 26 February 1998

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Gromkova, R., Mottalini, T. & Dove, M. Genetic Transformation in Haemophilus parainfluenzae Clinical Isolates. Curr Microbiol 37, 123–126 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900349

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