I am trying to assemble a collection of E. coli plasmids of various incompatibility groups for a project on conjugative pili. Can anyone suggest a source to contact. I've tried CGSC, but I didn't find many.
I'm not surprised that you didn't find many at CGSC since that is primarily for E. coli mutants. However there are many other stock centers for bacterial strains, notably in europe and japan, that might have a variety of plasmids. You might also check with ATCC.
Perhaps you could contact the plasmid biology society (www.plasmidbiologysociety.org) or someone such as Prof. Christopher Thomas ([email protected]) who may be able to suggest a source of inc group plasmids,