Gene transfer by transduction in the marine environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2780-2787

  Jiang, Sunny C ^a,b   Paul, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031902076     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2780-2787.1998     Document Type: Article

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