A model for bacterial conjugal gene transfer on solid surfaces

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Lagido, Cristina ^a   Wilson, Ian J ^b   Glover, L Anne ^a   Prosser, Jim I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Colony growth; Conjugation; Gene transfer; Kinetics; Mathematical model; Plasmid transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SEPARATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; GENE TRANSFER; HOST; INOCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0041381036     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00453-1     Document Type: Article

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