Janthinobacterium lividum is a Gram negative bacterium that…
Janthinobacterium lividum is a Gram negative bacterium that produces a dark violet compound called violacein that possess antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. You are interested in finding gene(s) responsible for the production of violacein. You transform a culture with a plasmid containing a transposon and an ampicillin resistance gene (bla). Realizing your transformation efficiency will be low, how might you identify bacteria that have been successfully transformed?