An individual-based approach to explain plasmid invasion in bacterial populations

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-27

  Seoane, Jose ^a   Yankelevich, Tatiana ^a   Dechesne, Arnaud ^a   Merkey, Brian ^a   Sternberg, Claus ^a   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Microcolony; Plasmid invasion; Pseudomonas putida; PWWO; TOL

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLASMID; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 78650000580     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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