Plasmid transfer from Pseudomonas putida to the indigenous bacteria on alfalfa sprouts: Characterization, direct quantification, and in situ location of transconjugant cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5536-5542

  Mølbak, Lars ^a   Licht, Tine Rask ^b   Kvist, Thomas ^b   Kroer, Niels ^a   Andersen, Sigrid Rita ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DNA 16S; MARKER; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ERWINIA; GENE TRANSFER; GERMINATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SPROUT;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; COTYLEDON; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOCOTYL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0141481268     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5536-5542.2003     Document Type: Article

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