Exogenous isolation of Hgr plasmids from coastal Mediterranean waters and their effect on growth and survival of Escherichia coli in sea water

Microbios

Volumn 92, Issue 371, 1997, Pages 109-122

  Lopez Amoros R ^a   Vives Rego, J ^a   Garcia Lara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli survival; Exogenous isolation; Hgr plasmid; Sea water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CADMIUM; MERCURY; SEA WATER;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; R FACTOR; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CADMIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; R FACTORS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WALES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031283535     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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