Recent horizontal transmission of plasmids between natural populations of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1622-1627

  Boyd, E Fidelma ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031046576     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1622-1627.1997     Document Type: Article

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