Metamobilomics - expanding our knowledge on the pool of plasmid encoded traits in natural environments using high-throughput sequencing

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2012, Pages 5-7

  Li, L L ^a   Norman, A ^a   Hansen, L H ^a   Sorensen S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Mobile genetic elements; Plasmid isolation; Pyrosequencing; Wastewater metagenome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOME; METAMOBILOMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; TAXONOMY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84861654731     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03862.x     Document Type: Article

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