Does gene horizontal transfer occur in lactic acid bacteria co-cultures?

Lait

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Guédon, Gérard ^a   Bourgoin, Florence ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Horizontal transfer; Insertion sequence; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactococcus lactis; Streptococcus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0032365966     PISSN: 00237302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lait:199817     Document Type: Article

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