Conditions for natural transformation of Ralstonia solanacearum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4965-4968

  Bertolla, Franck ^a   Van Gijsegem, Frederique ^b   Nesme, Xavier ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0030734261     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4965-4968.1997     Document Type: Article

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