Use of green fluorescent protein to monitor survival of genetically engineered bacteria in aquatic environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3486-3488

  Leff, Laura G ^a   Leff, Adam A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029810630     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3486-3488.1996     Document Type: Article

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