New molecular variants of epsilon and beta IncP-1 plasmids are present in estuarine waters
In this work the presence of broad-host-plasmids in an estuary in Portugal has been inves- tigated. Pseudomonas putida KT2442 was used as model recipient bacteria in biparental matings with tetracycline and mercury to select for resistance phenotypes. As a result, 7 transconjugants were shown to car...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/11102 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/11102 |