A model based on soil structural aspects describing the fate of genetically modified bacteria in soil

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 161-173

  Van Der Hoeven, N ^a,c   Van Elsas, J D ^b   Heijnen, C E ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Competition, interspecies; Genetic engineering; Growth, population; Soil ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM; MODELLING; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030484951     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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