Generalized gene transfer by virus-like particles from marine bacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Chiura, Hiroshi X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bactericidal effect; Generalized transducing ability; Horizontal gene transfer; Marine bacteria; Transductants; Ubiquinone 10; Virus like particles (VLPs)

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AHRENSIA KIELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0001932992     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013075     Document Type: Article

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