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Conjugal Gene Transfer in the Soil Environment; New Approaches and Developments

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Gene Transfers and Environment

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Gene transfer in the environment has been identified as a process which potentially enhances putative hazards of released genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs). This contentment has spurred recent research in this area. Our understanding of how the environment affects genetic interactions between micro-organisms has therefore increased drastically in recent years. It is now evident that the gene transfer mechanisms classically known to take place in vitro in the laboratory, i.e. transformation, transduction and conjugation, can also occur in nature given conditions are conducive to these processes (e.g. Stewart and Sinigalliano 1990; Zeph et al. 1988; Van Elsas et al. 1988).

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  1. Institute for Soil Fertility Research, Wageningen Branch, P.O. Box 48, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    E. Smit & J. D. Van Elsas

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Smit, E., Van Elsas, J.D. (1992). Conjugal Gene Transfer in the Soil Environment; New Approaches and Developments. In: Gauthier, M.J. (eds) Gene Transfers and Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77450-8_10

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