Effect of the clay minerals montmorillonite and kaolinite on the genetic transformation of competent bacillus subtilis cells

Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 571-574

  Lotareva, O V ^a   Prozorov, A A ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Clay mineral particles; Competent cells; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013012144     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02756810     Document Type: Article

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