Manure enhances plasmid mobilization and survival of Pseudomonas putida introduced into field soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1980-1986

  Gotz A ^a   Smalla, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIODEGRADATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SUS SCROFA;

BACTERIA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM; MANURE; MOBILIZATION; SOIL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030613377     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1980-1986.1997     Document Type: Article

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