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I sex factors and chromosomal recombination in Salmonella typhimurium
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2009
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Colicin factors Ib-P9 and Ela-16 both convert their hosts to chromosomal donors. However, negative fluctuation tests suggest that chromosomal transfer does not result from the formation of stable Hfr variants.
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