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Table 3 Conjugation frequencies of the Haemophilus spp. genomic islands from the given donor strain to strain Rd

From: Sequence and functional analyses of Haemophilusspp. genomic islands

Donor strain

Conjugation frequencya

1,056

6.5 × 10-5 (± 2.8 × 10-5)

299

8 × 10-5 (± 4.5 × 10-5)

2,866

3.3 × 10-6 (± 1.3 × 10-6)

HinB

Not detectable

8f

≤ 10-9

T3T1

3.8 × 10-6 (± 1.6 × 10-6)

Rd (ICEHin1056)

3 × 10-1 (± 0.6 × 10-1)

Rd (ICEHin299)

1.7 × 10-1 (± 0.3 × 10-1)

Rd (ICEHin2866)

1.6 × 10-1 (± 0.1 × 10-1)

Rd (ICEHpa8f)

1.5 × 10-1 (± 0.03 × 10-1)

Rd (ICEHpaT3T1)

3.9 × 10-2 (± 0.7 × 10-2)

  1. For conjugation frequencies the mean values from three independent experiments are given. Numbers in brackets represent standard errors. a'Conjugation frequency' is the number of transconjugants divided by the number of recipients. ICE, integrative and conjugative element.