Effect of integration of a GFP reporter gene on fitness of Ralstonia eutropha during growth with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 878-887

  Füchslin, Hans Peter ^a   Rüegg, Irene ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a   Egli, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HERBICIDES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA JMP134; RALSTONIA SP. JMP134; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0141788285     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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