The aggregation-mediated conjugation system of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis: Host range and kinetics of transfer

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 228-236

  Jensen, Gert B ^a   Andrup, Lars ^a   Wilcks, Andrea ^a   Smidt, Lasse ^a   Poulsen, Otto M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOCINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; TETRACYCLINE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029818703     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900105     Document Type: Article

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