Natural Transformation of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2617-2621

  Demanèche, Sandrine ^a   Kay, Elisabeth ^a   Gourbière, François ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035379761     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2617-2621.2001     Document Type: Article

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