Microbial competition: Escherichia coli mutants that take over stationary phase cultures.

doi:10.1126/science.7681219

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Microbial competition: Escherichia coli mutants that take over stationary phase cultures.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 19 Mar 1993

Zambrano M M, Siegele D A, Almirón M, Tormo A, Kolter R

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Many microorganisms, including Escherichia coli, can survive extended periods of starvation. The properties of cells that survived prolonged incubation in stationary phase were studied by mixture of 10-day-old (aged) cultures with 1-day-old (young) cultures of the same strain of Escherichia coli....

Topics

Acridine Orange
Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
Escherichia coli
Hydrogen Peroxide
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Peroxidase
Phenotype
Sigma Factor
Staining and Labeling
Time Factors

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