Resistance to tellurite as a selection marker for genetic manipulations of Pseudomonas strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4040-4046

  Sanchez Romero, Juan M ^a,b   Diaz Orejas, Ramon ^a   De Lorenzo, Victor ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPLICON; TRANSPOSON;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031691882     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4040-4046.1998     Document Type: Article

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