First report of linear megaplasmids in the genus Micrococcus

Plasmid

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-45

  Dib, Julian R ^a   Wagenknecht, Martin ^b   Hill, Russell T ^c   Farías, María E ^a   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^b  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentinean high altitude wetlands; BOX PCR; Linear plasmid; Micrococcus; Terminal protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WETLAND;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCUS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; WETLANDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); HUACA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 72649105556     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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