Transfer of plasmid RP4 in the spermosphere and rhizosphere of barley seedling

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Sørensen, Søren J ^a   Jensen, Linda Elise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bulk soil; Gene transfer; Rhizosphere; Seed coating; Spermosphere

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

BARLEY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HORDEUM; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031971245     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000661115753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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