Composting: A potentially safe process for disposal of genetically modified organisms

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Singh, Ajay ^a   Billingsley, Kate ^b   Ward, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composting disposal; Fate of DNA; Gene transfer; Genetically modified organisms; Microbial cell death

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; MICROORGANISMS;

COMPOSTING DISPOSAL; FATE OF DNA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOS); MICROBIAL CELL DEATH;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENE PRODUCT; ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE TRANSFER; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; YEAST;

BACTERIA; CELL DEATH; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 32644445039     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550500508644     Document Type: Review

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