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Fitness costs associated with class IIa bacteriocin resistance in Listeria monocytogenes B73.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Jan 1998
Dykes G A, Hastings J W
Abstract excerpt
In order to assess the potential for the spread of class IIa bacteriocin resistance in natural populations of Listeria monocytogenes, the fitness costs associated with resistance to leucocins A, B and E and sakacin A in L. monocytogenes B73 in the absence of bacteriocin were examined. The resistant phenotype had a lower growth rate (and thus relative fitness) than the sensitive phenotype in monoculture...
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