Genetic Behavior of R Factors in <i>Vibrio cholerae</i>

Takeshi Yokota, Tokuhiko Kasuga, Michiharu KANEKO, Shōgo Kuwahara

Journal of Bacteriology · 1972 · 37 citations · 5 references

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The fi(+) and fi(-) R factors are unstable in Vibrio cholerae even on selective media containing antibiotics, although a temperature-sensitive kanamycin resistance factor and its recombinants are stably maintained in V. cholerae at low temperatures.

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