Conjugal plasmid transfer in Bacillus subtilis under conditions of soil microcosms

Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 690-693

  Lotareva, O V ^a   Prozorov, A A ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Microcosm; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3543028675     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MICI.0000008371.18221.45     Document Type: Article

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