Using microcosms to study gene transfer in aquatic habitats

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-94

  Ashelford, Kevin E ^a   Fry, John C ^a   Day, Martin J ^a   Hill, Katja E ^a   Learner, Michael A ^a   Marchesi, Julian R ^a   Perkins, Caroline D ^a   Weightman, Andrew J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Conjugation; Gene transfer; Microcosm; Mobilization; Transduction; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; RECOMBINANT DNA;

AQUATIC HABITAT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROOGRANISM; MICROCOSM;

BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSPHERE; ESTUARY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LAKE; LAW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030788473     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00015-9     Document Type: Review

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