Isolation and characterization of R-plasmid pPRS3a from Bacillus cereus GC subgroup a PRS3

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Jain, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Kush, Deepshikha ^a   Ramachandran, Subramanian ^a   Verma, Sanjay Kumar ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; FAMEs; Heavy metal resistance; Metal pollution; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; PLASMID DNA; PRS3A; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 79952292705     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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