Occurrence of Plasmids in the Aromatic Degrading Bacterioplankton of the Baltic Sea
Plasmids are mobile genetic elements that provide their hosts with many beneficial traits including in some cases the ability to degrade different aromatic compounds. To fulfill the knowledge gap regarding catabolic plasmids of the Baltic Sea water, a total of 209 biodegrading bacterial strains were...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Genes |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/2/4/853/ |