Transformation of colonial Escherichia coli on solid media

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Maeda, Sumio ^a   Sawamura, Akiko ^a   Matsuda, Akiko ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Colony; Escherichia coli; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; PLASMID DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

AGAR; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; MEAT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VEGETABLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2942705677     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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