Environmental factors influencing gene transfer agent (GTA) mediated transduction in the subtropical ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  McDaniel, Lauren D ^a   Young, Elizabeth C ^b   Ritchie, Kimberly B ^b   Paul, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LYSOGENIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLICITY OF INFECTION; NITRATIREDUCTOR 44B9S STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; ROSEOVARIUS NUBINHIBENS ISM STRAIN; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; LYSOGENY; MODELS, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROPHAGES; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84865059741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043506     Document Type: Article

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