Alteration in plasmid DNA following natural transformation to populations of marine bacteria

Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-247

  Williams, H G ^a,b   Benstead, J ^a   Frischer, M E ^a,c   Paul, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031238565     PISSN: 10536426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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