Dual labeling of Pseudomonas putida with fluorescent proteins for in situ monitoring of conjugal transfer of the TOL plasmid

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4846-4852

  Nancharaiah, Y Venkata ^a,b   Wattiau, Pierre ^a,c   Wuertz, Stefan ^a,d   Bathe, Stephan ^a   Mohan, S Venkata ^a,e   Wilderer, Peter A ^a   Hausner, Martina ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BARC Facilities   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROORGANISMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROTEINS;

FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AGAR; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DUAL LABELING TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; HOST RANGE; IN SITU MONITORING; MICROCOSM; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID WWO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA KT2442; SLUDGE; TOL PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOL PLASMID; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0042530132     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4846-4852.2003     Document Type: Article

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