In situ monitoring of IncF plasmid transfer on semi-solid agar surfaces reveals a limited invasion of plasmids in recipient colonies

Plasmid

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Reisner, Andreas ^a,b,c   Wolinski, Heimo ^a   Zechner, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; In situ monitoring; IncF plasmid; Reporter gene; Swarming; Transitory derepression

Indexed keywords

AGAR DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCF PLASMID; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; R PLASMID; R1 PLASMID; SPECIES INVASION; ZYGOTE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859001086     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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