Complete nucleotide sequence of a cryptic plasmid, pBAW301, from the ruminal anaerobe Ruminococcus flavefaciens R13e2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 221-227

  May, Tammy ^a,b   Kocherginskaya, Svetlana A ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a   Vercoe, Philip E ^a,c   White, Bryan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Plasmid; Replication; Ruminococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BORSTELENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 0030296672     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00367-9     Document Type: Article

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