Transposon mutagenesis in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans: Development of a random mutagenesis tool from Tn7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3762-3767

  Wall, Judy D ^a,b   Murnan, Tiffany ^a,c   Argyle, John ^a,d   English, R Samuel ^a,e   Rapp Giles, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c Sigma Chemical Company   (United States)

^d Biolog Inc   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029768716     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3762-3767.1996     Document Type: Article

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