Comparison of the plasmid types obtained by two distantly related recipients in biparental exogenous plasmid isolations from soil

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Dronen, Asbjørg Karine ^a,b   Torsvik, Vigdis ^a   Top, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Renard Centre of Marine Geology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broad host range plasmid; Exogenous plasmid isolation; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOIL;

EID: 0032764404     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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