Influence of environmental factors on plasmid transfer in soil microcosms

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 213-220

  Lafuente, Rafael ^a   Maymó Gatell, Xavier ^a,b   Mas Castellà, Jordi ^a   Guerrero, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PLASMID DNA; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE TRANSFER; INOCULATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029931948     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900038     Document Type: Article

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