Construction of a modified mini-Tn5 lacZY non-antibiotic marker cassette: Ecological evaluation of a lacZY marked Pseudomonas strain in the sugarbeet rhizosphere

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 251-257

  Fedi, Stefano ^a   Brazil, Dina ^a   Dowling, David N ^a   O'Gara, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Genetically modified microorganisms; LacZY Gene; Lateral gene transfer; Monitoring; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030047589     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00459-9     Document Type: Article

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