Gene technology and gene ecology of infectious diseases

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-59

  Ho, Mae Wan ^a   Traavik, Terje ^b   Olsvik, Orjan ^b   Tappeser, Beatrix ^c   Howard, C Vyvyan ^d   Von Weizsacker, Christine ^e   McGavin, George C ^f  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Institute for Applied Ecology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Oxford University ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Horizontal gene transfer; Naked DNA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038359924     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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