Screening of rhizosphere and soil bacteria for transformability

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Richter, Babette ^a   Smalla, Kornelia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baylyi BD413; Horizontal gene transfer; Rhizosphere bacteria; Soil bacteria; Transformability screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 38949170143     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2007035     Document Type: Article

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