Plasmid transfer via transduction from Streptococcus thermophilus to Lactococcus lactis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3083-3087

  Ammann, Andreas ^a   Neve, Horst ^a   Geis, Arnold ^a   Heller, Knut J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; DNA TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 41949117269     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01448-07     Document Type: Article

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