Plasmid capture by the bacillus thuringiensis conjugative plasmid pXO16

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2197-2205

  Timmery, Sophie ^a   Modrie, Pauline ^a   Minet, Olivier ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MILK; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 64049105009     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01700-08     Document Type: Article

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