A highly selectable and highly transferable Ti plasmid to study conjugal host range and Ti plasmid dissemination in complex ecosystems

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-18

  Teyssier Cuvelle, S ^a   Oger, P ^b   Mougel, C ^a   Groud, K ^a   Farrand, S K ^b,c   Nesme, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBIOTA; PHYLLOBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 4444326658     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-2023-6     Document Type: Article

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