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The conjugative transfer of plasmids between Clostridium perfringens strains was initially described by Sebald and Bréfort in 1975. This was the first demonstration of gene transfer in Clostridia; it was also one of the earliest reports of conjugative gene transfer between gram-positive bacteria. During the past decade, several conjugative elements, both plasmids and transposons, have been identified in the predominantly pathogenic, amino acid-fermenting Clostridia. As the following discussion demonstrates, these indigenous clostridial conjugative elements remain poorly characterized.
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