Comparative characterization of the conjugation capacity and large plasmids in native strains of Bacillus subtilis from different regions of the East European Plain

Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-193

  Nezametdinova, V Z ^a   Fedorina, E A ^a   Poluektova, E U ^a   Titok, M A ^b   Prozorov, A A ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Large plasmids; Soil strains of Bacillus subtilis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 34247373028     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261707020105     Document Type: Article

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