Variations in R-plasmid DNA concentrations of Escherichia coli during starvation in sewage and brackish waters.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03198.x

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Variations in R-plasmid DNA concentrations of Escherichia coli during starvation in sewage and brackish waters.

The Journal of applied bacteriology - 1 Feb 1996

Arturo-Schaan M, Tamanai-Shacoori Z, Thomas D, Cormier M

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Cell culturability and plasmid stability in Escherichia coli containing plasmids RP1, R388 and pUB824 were studied in raw and treated wastewater, and in brackish water. The E. coli strain survived well in the three samples of water employed. Moreover, the three plasmids were maintained under all...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
Escherichia coli
Genetic Variation
R Factors
Sewage
Water Microbiology

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