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Conjugation in aquatic environments

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Concerns with the horizontal exchange of genetic material by conjugation in aquatic environments arise from two issues. The first relates to conjugation as a mechanism that promotes genetic and physiological diversity in the aquatic microbial community [24]. The second arises from the need to regulate applications of genetically engineered microbes (GEMs) in environmental management practices [11, 14]. An understanding of conjugation in situ is needed to address both issues and this necessitates the development of experimental approaches and methods that enable following conjugal gene transfer among aquatic microbial populations in their natural habitats.

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    Søren J. Sørensen, Erik Sørensen & Gitte Sengeløv

  2. Dept. of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, National Environmental Research Institute, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Niels Kroer

  3. Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1 Sabine Island Dr., Gulf Breeze, FL, 32561, USA

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Sørensen, S.J., Kroer, N., Sørensen, E., Sengeløv, G., Barkay, T. (1996). Conjugation in aquatic environments. In: Akkermans, A.D.L., Van Elsas, J.D., De Bruijn, F.J. (eds) Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0215-2_8

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