Green fluorescent protein as a marker for Pseudomonas spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4543-4551

  Bloemberg, Guido V ^a,b   O'Toole, George A ^a   Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBENICILLIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOMATO;

EID: 0030657633     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4543-4551.1997     Document Type: Article

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