Gene transfer of Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134 plasmid pJP4 to indigenous soil recipients

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2521-2526

  DiGiovanni, G D ^a   Neilson, J W ^a   Pepper, I L ^a   Sinclair, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SOIL MICROFLORA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0029903958     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2521-2526.1996     Document Type: Article

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