Degradation of plasmid and plant DNA in water microcosms monitored by natural transformation and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3231-3238

  Zhu, Bin ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance gene; DNA degradation; Natural transformation; Real time PCR; Water microcosm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; DNA DEGRADATION; NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); WATER MICROCOSM;

WATER TREATMENT;

GROUND WATER; KANAMYCIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; NEOMYCIN; PLANT DNA; PLASMID DNA; RIVER WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; GROUNDWATER; MICROCOSM; PLANT; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DEGRADATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748316449     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.06.040     Document Type: Article

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