Genetic exchange between bacteria in the environment

Plasmid

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-91

  Davison, John ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial biodiversity; Conjugation; Molecular ecology; Plasmid evolution; Transduction; Transformation; Transposition; Xenobiotic degradation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DRUG MISUSE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL TREATMENT; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0032870855     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1421     Document Type: Review

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