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Design of microcosms to provide data reflecting field trials of GEMS

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The issue of releasing genetically engineered micro-organisms into the environment is not one of either we do or we do not. It has already been done [19]. There have been more than 1,000 applications for testing genetically engineered organisms in the environment, most of which have or will occur in the USA [28].

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    Mary A. Hood

  2. FL 32514 US Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA

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    Jan Dirk Van Elsas

  3. MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab, NSF Center for Microbial Ecology and Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, USA

    Frans J. De Bruijn

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Hood, M.A., Seidler, R.J. (1995). Design of microcosms to provide data reflecting field trials of GEMS. In: Akkermans, A.D.L., Van Elsas, J.D., De Bruijn, F.J. (eds) Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0351-0_32

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