Evaluation of possible horizontal gene transfer from transgenic plants to the soil bacterium Acinetobacter calcoaceticus BD413

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 815-821

  Nielsen, K M ^a   Gebhard, F ^b   Smalla, K ^b   Bones, A M ^a   Van Elsas, J D ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Natural transformation; Risk assessment; Soil bacteria; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 0030733040     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050630     Document Type: Article

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