Conjugal plasmid transfer in Bacillus subtilis under conditions of soil microcosms

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 780-784

  Lotareva, O V ^a   Prozorov, A A ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Microcosm; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENETICS; HELIX (SNAIL); MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; HELIX (SNAILS); PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3042809893     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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