Construction of two selectable markers for integrative/conjugative plasmids in Flavobacterium columnare

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-278

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b   Zou, Hong ^a   Wang, Liangfa ^a   Huang, Bei ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Wang, Guitang ^a   Nie, Pin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Flavobacterium columnare; gene disruption; integrative conjugative plasmid; selectable marker

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE;

EID: 84864760199     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-012-1077-z     Document Type: Article

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