Survival, metabolic activity and conjugative interactions of indigenous and introduced streptomycete strains in soil microcosms

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-115

  Vionis, Anna P ^a   Katsifas, Efstathios A ^a   Karagouni, Amalia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Metabolic activity; Plasmids; Soil microcosm; Streptomyces ecology; Survival

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; STREPTOMYCES; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0031971345     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000354323881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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