Bacteria genetics

Reid SJ, Abratt VR (2005) Sucrose utilisation in bacteria genetic organisation and regulation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 67(3) 312-321... 

In other bacteria genetic material is transferred by transduction. In this process part of a bacterial chromosome is transported (transduced) by a bacteriophage (virus cf. Section 8) into the receptor bacterium. Bacterial genetics has become a very valuable tool for many fundamental questions in genetics. 

Drider, D., Bekal, S., and Prevost, H. (2004) Genetic organization and expression of citrate permease in lactic acid bacteria. Genet Mol Res 3, 271-281. 

Moineau, S. (1999) Applications of phage resistance in lactic acid bacteria. In Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria Genetics, Metabolism and Applications ((eds) W.N. Konings, O.P. Kuipers, and J.H.J. Huisin t Veld), Kluwer Academic PubUshers, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, pp. 377-382. 

Vos M H, Jones M R, Hunter C N, Breton J, Lambry J C and Martin J L 1996 Femtosecond spectroscopy and vibrational coherence of membrane-bound RCs of Rhodobacfe/ sp/raero/des genetically modified at positions M210 and LI 81 The Reaction Center of Photosynthetic Bacteria—Structure and Dynamics ed M E Michel-Beyerle (Berlin Springer) pp 271-80... 

There are two convenient forms of genetic material, that can be used as vehicles for introducing the new gene into the bacterium a small circular DNA piece, called a plasmid, or a virus that grows in bacteria. The techniques described below apply to both plasmids and viruses. 

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