Retrotransfer or gene capture: a feature of conjugative plasmids, with ecological and evolutionary significance.
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1 Laboratoire de Ge! ne! tique des Prokaryotes, Universite! Libre de Bruxelles, IBMM, B-6041-Gosselies, Belgium 2 Laboratory for Microbial Ecology and Technology, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium 3 Environmental Technology, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO, B-2400 Mol, Belgium 4 Laboratory of Microbiology, Radioactive Waste & Clean-up Division, Center of Studies for Nuclear Energy, SCK/CEN, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Microbiology
دوره 145 ( Pt 12) شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999