Environmental Biosafety Research

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Presentation of the Thematic Issue on Horizontal Gene Transfer p. 1

Kornelia Smalla and Timothy M. Vogel

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007038

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Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria p. 3

Holger Heuer and Kornelia Smalla

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007034

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Fate of transgenic plant DNA in the environment p. 15

Alessandra Pontiroli, Pascal Simonet, Asa Frostegard, Timothy M. Vogel and Jean-Michel Monier

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007037

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Release and persistence of extracellular DNA in the environment p. 37

Kaare M. Nielsen, Pål J. Johnsen, Douda Bensasson and Daniele Daffonchio

Published online: 12 September 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007031

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Influence of flanking homology and insert size on the transformation frequency of Acinetobacter baylyi BD413 p. 55

Deborah J. Simpson, Lisa F. Dawson, John C. Fry, Hilary J. Rogers and Martin J. Day

Published online: 12 September 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007027

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Detection of potential transgenic plant DNA recipients among soil bacteria p. 71

Jean-Michel Monier, Dominique Bernillon, Elizabeth Kay, Aurélie Faugier, Oleksandra Rybalka, Yves Dessaux, Pascal Simonet and Timothy M. Vogel

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007036

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Assessment of transformability of bacteria associated with tomato and potato plants p. 85

Leo van Overbeek, Jessica Ray and Jan Dirk van Elsas

Published online: 12 September 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007030

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Screening of rhizosphere and soil bacteria for transformability p. 91

Babette Richter and Kornelia Smalla

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007035

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Transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi in non-sterile soil using recombinant plant nuclear DNA p. 101

Deborah J. Simpson, John C. Fry, Hilary J. Rogers and Martin J. Day

Published online: 20 September 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007024

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Differences in the rhizosphere bacterial community of a transplastomic tobacco plant compared to its non-engineered counterpart p. 113

Nicole Brinkmann and Christoph C. Tebbe

Published online: 20 September 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007025

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Leaf-feeding larvae of Manduca sexta (Insecta, Lepidoptera) drastically reduce copy numbers of aadA antibiotic resistance genes from transplastomic tobacco but maintain intact aadA genes in their feces p. 121

Nicole Brinkmann and Christoph C. Tebbe

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007028

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An assessment of the potential of herbivorous insect gut bacteria to develop competence for natural transformation p. 135

Jessica L. Ray, Helga K. Andersen, Sandra Young, Kaare M. Nielsen and Maureen O'Callaghan

Published online: 20 September 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007032

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Lack of detectable DNA uptake by bacterial gut isolates grown in vitro and by Acinetobacter baylyi colonizing rodents in vivo p. 149

Lise Nordgård, Thuy Nguyen, Tore Midtvedt, Yoshimi Benno, Terje Traavik and Kaare M. Nielsen

Published online: 26 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007029

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