In article <9411161335.AA00964 at andromeda.rutgers.edu> kafkwtz at ACTIN.RUTGERS.EDU (David Kafkewitz) writes:
>From: kafkwtz at ACTIN.RUTGERS.EDU (David Kafkewitz)
>Subject: DNA in soil and mud.
>Date: 16 Nov 1994 05:35:10 -0800
>Does anyone know the expected life span of a piece of free DNA in soil or
>anaerobic sediments ? Is the expected life span ( half life?) related to
>M.W. ? or single or double strandenness ? I would apprecite any references
>that anyone mightknow of, paraticularly to anaerobic environments.
>Thanks to all who read this requiest.
>David
>David Kafkewitz, Department of Biological Sciences,
> Rutgers University, Newark N.J. 07102, U.S.A.
> 201 648 5865; fax: 201 648 1007
>kafkwtz at actin.rutgers.edu
Dear David
Romanowski et al. wrote a recent paper on plasmid persistence in soil. Its
published in Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1992 3012-19.
John Bowman
