The role of selective pressure and selfish DNA in horizontal gene transfer and soil microbial community adaptation

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-296

  Rensing, Christopher ^a   Newby, Deborah T ^a   Pepper, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Cadmium; Co contamination; Horizontal gene transfer; JMP134(pJP4); Microbial adaptive evolution; Selfish operon

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA;

EID: 0036178001     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00183-3     Document Type: Review

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