Development of a genetic system for Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-94

  Schultheiss, Daniel ^a   Schüler, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad host range vectors; Conjugation; Electroporation; Magnetosome biomineralization; Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense; Magnetotactic bacteria; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID VECTOR; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037287130     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0498-z     Document Type: Article

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