Adsorption of pure and dirty bacterial DNA on clay minerals and their transformation frequency

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-739

  Pietramellara, Giacomo ^a   Ascher, Judith ^a   Ceccherini, Maria Teresa ^a   Nannipieri, Paolo ^a   Wenderoth, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dirty and pure DNA; DNA clay complexes; Natural transformation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; KAOLINITE; LYSIS; MONTMORILLONITE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34447133044     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0156-8     Document Type: Article

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