Plasmids responsible for horizontal transfer of naphthalene catabolism genes between bacteria at a coal tar-contaminated site are homologous to pDTG1 from Pseudomonas putida NCIB 9816-4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3633-3640

  Stuart Keil, K G ^a   Hohnstock, A M ^a   Drees, K P ^a,b   Herrick, J B ^a,c   Madsen, E L ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; NAPHTHALENE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE TRANSFER; INFECTION RISK; PLASMID; PROGENY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SITING; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031710278     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3633-3640.1998     Document Type: Article

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