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Due to the possibility of genetic transfer, ESBL genes might spread to pathogenic enterobacterial strains. Thus, information on possible genetic transfer between enterobacteria is of high interest. It was therefore the aim of this in vitro study to screen the capacity of a wide range of <jats:italic>Enterobacteriaceae<\/jats:italic> for differences in conjugation at different time points with five ESBL-producing <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> strains.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Conjugation frequencies for five potential <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> donor strains producing the enzymes CTX-M-1, CTX-M-15, SHV-12, TEM-1, TEM-52 and CMY-2, and six potential recipient strains commonly detected in the gastrointestinal tract of poultry (<jats:italic>E. coli, Serratia marcescens<\/jats:italic> subsp. <jats:italic>marcescens<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Enterobacter cloacae, Salmonella<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>S.<\/jats:italic>) <jats:italic>enterica<\/jats:italic> serovar Typhimurium and <jats:italic>Proteus mirabilis<\/jats:italic>) were obtained. Different combinations of donor and recipient strains were co-incubated for between 0 and 22\u2009h and spread on selective agar. Conjugation frequencies were calculated as transconjugants per donor.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>Some donor and recipient strain combinations did not perform plasmid transfer within 22\u2009h. Hence, the recipient <jats:italic>Proteus mirabilis<\/jats:italic> did not accept plasmids from any of the given donors and the <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> ESBL10716 donor was unable to transfer its plasmid to any recipient<jats:italic>. Enterobacter cloacae<\/jats:italic> only accepted the plasmids from the donors <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> ESBL10708 and <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> ESBL10716 while <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> ESBL10708 did not transfer its plasmid to <jats:italic>Serratia marcescens<\/jats:italic> subsp. <jats:italic>marcescens<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> IMT11716 on the other hand did not perform conjugation with the donor <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> ESBL10689. The remaining mating pairs differed in conjugation frequency, ranging from 10<jats:sup>\u2212\u20095<\/jats:sup> to 10<jats:sup>\u2212\u20099<\/jats:sup> transconjugants\/donor. The earliest conjugation events were detected after 4\u2009h. 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