Natural transformation in river epilithon

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2994-2998

  Williams, Haydn G ^a,c   Day, Martin J ^a   Fry, John C ^b   Stewart, Gregory J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RIVER WATER;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0029761694     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2994-2998.1996     Document Type: Article

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