Effect of bacterial distribution and activity on conjugal gene transfer on the phylloplane of the bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1902-1909

  Normander, Bo ^a   Christensen, Bjarke B ^b   Molin, Søren ^b   Kroer, Niels ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONJUGATION; GENE TRANSFER; PLASMID; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031860814     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1902-1909.1998     Document Type: Article

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