Large plasmids in ruminal strains of Selenomonas ruminantium

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-247

  Fliegerova K ^a   Benada, O ^b   Flint, H J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CONTOUR LENGTHS; DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION; LARGE PLASMIDS; LENGTH MEASUREMENT; PLASMID SIZE; SELENOMONAS;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COW; DNA CONTENT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOAT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 0031842775     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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