Lack of detection of ampicillin resistance gene transfer from Bt176 transgenic corn to culturable bacteria under field conditions

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-178

  Badosa, Esther ^a   Moreno, Carmen ^a   Montesinos, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ampicillin resistance; Bt176 transgenic corn; Commercial field monitoring; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

GENE TRANSFER; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPAIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED CLONING VECTOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2142701416     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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