Development of a novel genetic system to create markerless deletion mutants of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4717-4724

  Steyert, Susan R ^a   Pineiro, Silvia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CELL GROWTH; GENES; LIFE CYCLE; PATHOGENS;

CELL INVASION; GENETIC TECHNIQUE; PATHOGEN CONTROL;

BACTERIOLOGY;

STREPTOMYCIN;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PLASMID;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; DELETION MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH CURVE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREDATION; PREY; SACB GENE; STRB GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BDELLOVIBRIO; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547787590     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00640-07     Document Type: Article

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