Conjugal transfer of plasmid pAMβl from streptococci to bacilli in vermicompost

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 663-667

  Ryabchenko, N F ^a,b   Stepanova, T V ^a,b   Rumer, L M ^a,b   Mozgovaya, I N ^a,b   Byzov, B A ^a,b   Zvyagintsev, D G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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