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J. Bacteriol. doi:10.1128/JB.00065-08
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Mobilization of the incQ Plasmid R300B with a Chromosomal Conjugation System in Salmonella Typhi

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: sbaker{at}oucru.org.

	Abstract

Salmonella Pathogenicity Island Seven (SPI-7) in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) appears to be related to other genomic islands. Evidence suggests that SPI-7 is susceptible to spontaneous circularisation, loss and transposition. Here, we demonstrate that a region within SPI-7 has the ability mobilize the small incQ plasmid R300B.