Conjugative plasmids isolated from bacteria in marine environments show various degrees of homology to each other and are not closely related to well-characterized plasmids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4692-4697

  Dahlberg, Cecilia ^a   Linberg, Christel ^a   Torsvik, Vigdis Lid ^b   Hermansson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HOMOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030732679     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4692-4697.1997     Document Type: Article

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