Conjugal transfer of transposon Tn1545 into the cellulolytic bacterium Eubacterium cellulosolvens

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-37

  Anderson, K L ^a   Megehee, J A ^a   Varel, V H ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOLYTIC BACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; EUBACTERIA; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOUTHERN BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; TRANSCONJUGANTS; TRANSPOSON INSERTION SITE;

BACTERIA;

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; EUBACTERIUM; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; EUBACTERIUM CELLULOSOLVENS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031909388     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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