On the meaning and estimation of plasmid transfer rates for surface-associated and well-mixed bacterial populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-152

  Zhong, Xue ^a   Droesch, Jason ^a   Fox, Randal ^a,b,c   Top, Eva M ^a   Krone, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Environmental Department   (United States)

^c EG&G   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugation rate; Horizontal; Plasmid; Spatial; Transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; MERCURY CHLORIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CELL DENSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82055165427     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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