The construction and monitoring of genetically tagged, plasmid-containing, naphthalene-degrading strains in soil

Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-458

  Filonov, A E ^a,b   Akhmetov, L I ^a,b   Puntus, I F ^a   Esikova, T Z ^a   Gafarov, A B ^a   Izmalkova, T Yu ^a   Sokolov, S L ^a   Kosheleva, I A ^a,b   Boronin, A M ^a,b  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b PUSHCHINO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conjugal transfer; Labeled plasmids; Naphthalene biodegradation; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 23944523916     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11021-005-0088-6     Document Type: Article

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