Natural genetic transformation in the rumen bacterium Streptococcus bovis JB1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 485-490

  Mercer, Derry K ^a   Melville, Claire M ^a   Scott, Karen P ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Rumen; Streptococcus; Transformation

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

ANIMALS; RUMEN; SALIVA; SHEEP; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0032847173     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00449-8     Document Type: Article

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