Bacterial exchange via nanotubes: Lessons learned from the history of molecular biology

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Ficht, Thomas A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Antibiotic resistance; Conjugation; DNA transfer; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84875394021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00179     Document Type: Article

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