Natural electrotransformation of lightning-competent Pseudomonas sp. strain N3 in artificial soil microcosms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2385-2389

  Cérémonie, Hélène ^a,c   Buret, François ^b   Simonet, Pascal ^a   Vogel, Timothy M ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b Univ Claude Bernard Lyon1   (France)

^c ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCIES; GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; SOILS;

ELECTRICAL FIELD GRADIENT; NATURAL ELECTROTRANSFORMATION (NET); PSEUDOMONAS SP. STRAIN;

CELLS;

DNA; ELECTRIC FIELD; GENE TRANSFER; PROTOZOAN; SOIL BIOTA; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LYSATE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LIGHTNING; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

ECOSYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LIGHTNING; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STERILIZATION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33646083243     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2385-2389.2006     Document Type: Article

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