Plasmid curing from an acidophilic bacterium of the genus Acidocella

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-274

  Ghosh, S ^a   Mahapatra, N R ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^b   Banerjee, P C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacterium; Acridine orange; Acriflavine; High temperature curing; Low temperature curing; Metal resistance; Plasmid curing

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ACRIFLAVINE; CADMIUM SULFATE; METAL; ZINC SULFATE;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; LEACHING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0033975492     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00640-0     Document Type: Article

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