Quantification of IncP-1 plasmid prevalence in environmental: Samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1410-1413

  Jechalke, Sven ^a   Dealtry, Simone ^a   Smalla, Kornelia ^a   Heuer, Holger ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPURIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KORB PROTEIN, PLASMID RK2; PESTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; PESTICIDE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDETES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; PESTICIDES; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84874755660     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03728-12     Document Type: Article

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