Natural transformation of Streptococcus crista

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Correia, Frederick F ^a   McKay, Terry L ^a   Farrow, Mary F ^a   Rosan, Burton ^a   DiRienzo, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Streptococcus crista; Streptotoccus gordonii Challis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CRISTATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII STR. CHALLIS;

EID: 0030587547     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00270-4     Document Type: Article

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