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Temporal changes in the frequency of colicinogeny in Escherichia coli from house mice.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Aug 1998
Gordon David M, Riley Margaret A, Pinou Theodora
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Escherichia coli was isolated from feral house mice (Mus domesticus) during the course of a mouse plague in the state of Victoria, Australia. The isolates were characterized for the production of colicins and their resistance to the co-occurring colicins. Of the 447 isolates examined, 59% were found to be colicinogenic. Phenotypic and PCR-based genotypic methods were used to determine the types of colicins being...
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