Conjugative transposition of Tn916 from Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli into Clostridium perfringens

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Kaufmann, Peter ^a   Lehmann, Yvan ^a   Meile, Leo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auxotrophic mutants; Clostridium perfringens; Intergeneric conjugation; Transposon Tn916 mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PROLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029913112     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80006-3     Document Type: Article

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