Variations in R-plasmid DNA concentrations of Escherichia coli ring starvation in sewage and brackish waters

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Arturo Schaan, M ^a   Tamanai Shacoori, Z ^b   Thomas, D ^a   Cormier, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; DNA; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BRACKISH WATER; CONDITION; CULTURABILITY; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DNA CONCENTRATION; PLASMID DNA; RAW WASTEWATERS; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; SEWAGE WATER; TREATED WASTEWATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEWAGE; STARVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030027893     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03198.x     Document Type: Article

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