Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413(pFG4ΔnptII) with transgenic plant DNA in soil microcosms and effects of kanamycin on selection of transformants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1237-1242

  Nielsen, Kaare M ^a,d   Van Elsas, Jan D ^b   Smalla, Kornelia ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; PLANT DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; EXTRACTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACINETOBACTER; CHENOPODIACEAE; DNA, PLANT; KANAMYCIN; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034059931     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1237-1242.2000     Document Type: Article

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