Survival of a plasmid-bearing strain of Bacillus subtilis introduced into compost.

doi:10.1099/00221287-137-8-1931

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Survival of a plasmid-bearing strain of Bacillus subtilis introduced into compost.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Aug 1991

Amner W, McCarthy A J, Edwards C

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Survival of Bacillus subtilis strain 168 containing plasmid pAB224, which carries a gene for tetracycline resistance, was studied in mushroom compost under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. Stable populations of B. subtilis were maintained as spores in both sterile and fresh mushroom compos...

Topics

Bacillus subtilis
Basidiomycota
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Kinetics
Phenotype
Plasmids
Temperature
Tetracycline Resistance

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