Homology among nearly all plasmids infecting three Bacillus species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Zawadzki, Piotr ^a   Riley, Margaret A ^b   Cohan, Frederick M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030063059     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.191-198.1996     Document Type: Article

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