Efficiency of the transfer of a pSAM2-derivative plasmid between two strains of Streptomyces lividans in conditions ranging from agar slants to non-sterile soil microscosms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Clerc, Sylvie ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

conjugation; plasmid pSAM2; soil microcosm; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0030297595     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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