Characterization of two bioluminescent Rhizobium meliloti strains constructed for field releases

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-512

  Dammann Kalinowski, T ^a   Niemann, S ^a   Keller, M ^a   Selbitschka, W ^a   Tebbe, C C ^b   Puhler A ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Bodenbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, SYNTHETIC; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029955212     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050720     Document Type: Article

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