[Various properties of RifR mutants of the plague agent].

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[Various properties of RifR mutants of the plague agent].

Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic] - 1 Jul 1991

Lebedeva S A, Evteeva E I, Ivanova V S

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The properties of the RifR mutants of four vaccinal and two natural strains of the plague bacillus were studied. The frequency of the mutants not growing on the complete nutrient medium after increasing the cultivation temperature to 37 degrees C averaged to 3.10(-1). The frequency of the loss of...

Topics

Bacteriocins
Culture Media
In Vitro Techniques
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
R Factors
Rifampin
Virulence
Yersinia pestis

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