Anaerobic growth, a property horizontally transferred by an Hfr-like mechanism among extreme thermophiles

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3137-3143

  Ramírez Arcos, Sandra ^a   Fernández Herrero, Luis A ^a   Marín, Irma ^a   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA TRANSFER; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARCOS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031750103     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3137-3143.1998     Document Type: Article

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