Cycling of extracellular DNA in the soil environment

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2977-2991

  Levy Booth, David J ^a   Campbell, Rachel G ^a   Gulden, Robert H ^a   Hart, Miranda M ^a   Powell, Jeff R ^a   Klironomos, John N ^a   Pauls, K Peter ^a   Swanton, Clarence J ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Dunfield, Kari E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bacteria; Cycle; Degradation; DNA; Environment; Extracellular; Gene transfer; Microorganisms; Natural transformation; Persistence; Recombinant; Soil; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; SOILS;

NATURAL TRANSFORMATION; PERSISTENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERSISTENCE; RECOMBINATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548546604     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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