Evolutionary algorithms and flow cytometry to examine the parameters influencing transconjugant formation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Boon, Nico ^a   Depuydt, Stephen ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Plasmid transfer; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; PLASMID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE; TOLUENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 33644937429     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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