Plasmid spread and chromosome mobilisation in Escherichia coli K12 populations
The phenomenon of "epidemic spread" of a transmissible plasmid through a recipient population was re-examined. The phenomenon was studied quantitatively in the model system of F'lac in Escherichia coli K12. The rate of plasmid spread by retransfer was rather low because of the low fre...
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University of Edinburgh
1978
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.649003 |