Metal resistance in Acidocella strains and plasmid-mediated transfer of this characteristic to Acidophilum multivorum and Escherichia coli
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Metal resistance gene can be transferred from Acidocella strains to Acidiphilium multivorum and Escherichia coli by plasmid-mediated transfer. A. multivorum and E. coli exhibited resistance to zinc and cadmium after genetic transfection with plasmids containing metal resistance genes. These results demonstrate for the first time the plasmid inheritance of metal resistance in acidophilic bacteria.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1997
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Detection and diversity assessment of Xylella fastidiosa in field-collected plant and insect samples by using 16s rRNA and gyrB sequences
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Research indicates that phylogenetically meanigful specific primer sets for the 16s rRNA genes can be employed as single or multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the dection and analysis of the diversity in Xylella fastidiosa. Data indicate that the method detects X. fastidiosa in field samples, in disease vectror insects, and in nonsymptomatic infected plants.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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Differentiation of strains of Xylella fastidiosa by a variable number of tandem repeat analysis
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Research has been conducted on the citrus pathogen Xylella fastidiosa genome. The search for the short sequence repeats size variation in different X. fastidiosa strains has been carried out, and the results have been compared with those obtained by the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA method.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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