Recent genetic transfer between Lactococcus lactis and enterobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 6671-6677

  Bolotin, Alexander ^a   Quinquis, Benoit ^a   Sorokin, Alexei ^a   Ehrlich, Dusko S ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 4544355315     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.19.6671-6677.2004     Document Type: Article

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