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

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Issue		Environ. Biosafety Res. Volume 6, Number 1-2, January-June 2007 Thematic Issue on Horizontal Gene Transfer


Page(s)		149 - 160
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007029
Published online		26 October 2007

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