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Book cover The Release of Genetically Modified Microorganisms—REGEM 2

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The survival and persistence of microorganisms in the environment depends upon a number of factors, among these is the requirement that the organisms concerned are able to compete with indigenous microorganisms that have similar growth requirements. Van Elsas and others in this volume describe many of the problems faced by released microbes. In this chapter we will concentrate on genetic interactions that occur among members of the same species which, almost by definition, are uniquely able to interact with introduced strains because they have essentially the same requirements for growth. There is fairly extensive experience in practical terms of interactions between members of the same species obtained from studies of the natural colonization of animals by pathogenic strains of Enterobacteriaceae, and from the inoculation of crops with symbiotic microorganisms, such as Rhizobiwn.

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Bale, M.J., Hinton, M., Beringer, J.E. (1992). Interactions in Communities of Microorganisms. In: Stewart-Tull, D.E.S., Sussman, M. (eds) The Release of Genetically Modified Microorganisms—REGEM 2. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 63. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0493-7_2

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