Development and application of molecular tools in the study of IncN-related plasmids from lakewater sediments

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Osborn, A Mark ^a   Pickup, Roger W ^b   Saunders, Jon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IncN; PCR; pGSH500; Plasmid; Replicon probing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON;

EID: 0034607994     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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