transconjugant Biol.
(trɑːnsˈkɒndʒəgənt, træns-)
[f. trans- 1 + conjugate v. + -ant1.]
A plasmid or a bacterial cell which has received genetic material by conjugation with another bacterium.
| 1974 Jrnl. Bacteriol. CXX. 1187/2 Transfer frequencies were calculated from the number of transconjugants formed per donor cell in the mating mixture... (Transconjugants are cells of the recipient strain that have received genetic material by conjugation.) 1977 Nature 10 Feb. 560/2 Plasmid transconjugants which combine octopine utilisation of the donor and antibiotic resistance of the recipient grow well on this medium. |