Horizontal gene transfer of stress resistance genes through plasmid transport

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1021-1025

  Shoeb, Erum ^a   Badar, Uzma ^a   Akhter, Jameela ^a   Shams, Hina ^a   Sultana, Maria ^a   Ansari, Maqsood A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Conjugation; Heavy metals; Multiple stress; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CONJUGATION; ENTEROBACTER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LAB CONDITIONS; MARINE WATERS; MULTIPLE STRESS; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSCONJUGANTS; TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSFORMATION; ZINC TOLERANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; HEAVY METALS; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

DNA;

AMPICILLIN; COPPER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

AMPICILLIN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; COPPER; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; SEAWATER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856674152     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0900-6     Document Type: Article

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