A demonstration of bacterial conjugation within the alimentary canal of Rhabditis nematodes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Adamo, Joseph A ^a   Gealt, Michael A ^b  

^a Ocean County College   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; Environmental microbiology; Gene transfer; Invertebrates; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE TRANSFER; NEMATODE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIS;

EID: 0029932908     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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