Fate of three genetically engineered, biotechnologically important microorganism species in soil: Impact of soil properties and intraspecies competition with nonengineered strains

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 827-834

  Vahjen, Wilfried ^a,b   Munch, Jean Charles ^a,c   Tebbe, Christoph C ^a  

^a Institute für Bodenbiologie   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aprotinin; Ecological risk assessment; Genetic engineering; Nondeliberate release; Soil inoculation

Indexed keywords

APROTININ;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GENETICALLY ENGINERRED MICROORGANISM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ECOLOGY; ENDOMYCETALES; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOIL; TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACYERIUM GLUTAMUCUM; HANSENULA POLYMOROPHA; PICHIA ANGUSTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0030685723     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-120     Document Type: Article

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