Large-scale filter mating assay for intra- and inter-specific conjugal transfer of the promiscuous plasmid pMV158 in Gram-positive bacteria

Plasmid

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Lorenzo Díaz, Fabián ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Filter mating; Inter species plasmid transfer; Pneumococci

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FILTER; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 56749180736     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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