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Transformation of an R-factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa into Rhizobium trifolii

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The transfer by bacterial transformation of an R-factor giving resistance to kanamycin, ampicillin and chloramphenicol from Pseudomonas aeruginosa into Rhizobium trifolii, strain T1 is described.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University College, Galway, Republic of Ireland

    L. K. Dunican & Ann B. Tierney

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Dunican, L.K., Tierney, A.B. Transformation of an R-factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa into Rhizobium trifolii . Molec. gen. Genet. 126, 187–190 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330993

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