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Table 2 In vitro transfer frequenciesa of the plasmid pRAS1 from Aeromonas salmonicida 718 to different mesophilic Aeromonas spp. strains at three different temperatures

From: Mesophilic strains of Aeromonas spp. can acquire the multidrug resistance plasmid pRAS1 in horizontal transfer experiments at low temperatures

Isolate code

Genetic affiliation

Temperature

20 °C

15 °C

8 °C

BA1

Aeromonas veronii

2.0 (±10-3) × 10−4

6.8 (±10−2) × 10−7

ND b

BA2

A. veronii

1.7 (±10−4) × 10−4

2.3 (±10−3) × 10−6

ND

BA3

A. veronii

5.6 (±10−4) × 10−3

2.4 (±10−2) × 10−4

5.6 (±10−4) × 10−7

BA4

A. media

1.0 (±10−4) × 10−3

6.7 (±10−2) × 10−5

1.0 (±10−4) × 10−8

BA5

A. media

1.3 (±10−4) × 10−3

2.1 (±10−2) × 10−6

ND

BA6

A. hydrophila

8.1 (±10−4) × 10−4

9.0 (±10−3) × 10−8

ND

BA7

A. hydrophila

8.0 (±10−3) × 10−5

4.3 (±10−4) × 10−7

ND

BA10

A. hydrophila

6.3 (±10−5) × 10−4

1.2 (±10−3) × 10−6

6.0 (±10−5) × 10−8

BA11

A. hydrophila

9.6 (±10−6) × 10−5

3.0 (±10−2) × 10−8

ND

BA12

A. caviae

8.0 (±10−1) × 10−1

2.7 (±10−4) × 10−4

8.0 (±10−1) × 10−7

BA15

A. caviae

7.3 (±10−7) × 10−5

4.5 (±10−3) × 10−7

ND

BC1

A. jandaeii

6.1 (±10−1) × 10−4

2.1 (±10−2) × 10−7

ND

BC4

A. jandaeii

2.6 (±10−2) × 10−2

5.6 (±10−4) × 10−5

ND

  1. ND, Not detected
  2. Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation
  3. aNumber of transconjugants relative to the number of recipients after the mating period