Development of a genetic system for Marinobacter adhaerens HP15 involved in marine aggregate formation by interacting with diatom cells

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-183

  Sonnenschein, Eva C ^a   Gärdes, Astrid ^a   Seebah, Shalin ^a   Torres Monroy, Ingrid ^a   Grossart, Hans Peter ^b   Ullrich, Matthias S ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial motility; Genetic toolbox; Marine aggregates; Marinobacter; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ELECTROPORATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER ADHAERENS HP15; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; TRANSPOSON;

DIATOMS; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MARINOBACTER; PLASMIDS; SEAWATER; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOBACTER; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 80053564771     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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