Temporal changes in the frequency of colicinogeny in Escherichia coli from house mice.

doi:10.1099/00221287-144-8-2233

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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 fo...

Topics

Animals
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Colicins
Disease Susceptibility
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections
Haplotypes
Mice
Phenotype
Victoria

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