Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria under natural conditions

Microbes and Microbial Technology: Agricultural and Environmental Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 163-187

  Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Aquatic systems; Bioremediation; Conjugative plasmid transfer; Heavy metal resistance; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888878360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7931-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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