Plasmid stability in Pseudomonas fluorescens in the rhizosphere

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1076-1080

  Van Der Bij, Arjan J ^a   De Weger, Letty A ^a   Tucker, William T ^b,c   Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DNA Plant Technology Corporation   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030069806     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.1076-1080.1996     Document Type: Article

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