Nuclease-producing bacteria in soil cultivated with herbicide resistant transgenic white poplars

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-536

  Balestrazzi, Alma ^a   Bonadei, Martina ^a   Carbonera, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetically modified plant; Nuclease producing bacteria; Populus alba; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; MICROBACTERIUM; POPULUS ALBA; PSEUDOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 38849085986     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175351     Document Type: Article

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