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. 1985 Dec;164(3):1381–1382. doi: 10.1128/jb.164.3.1381-1382.1985

Phenotypic variations in strain AB1157 cultivars of Escherichia coli from different sources.

M Verma, J B Egan
PMCID: PMC219345  PMID: 3905771

Abstract

The purpose of this note is to alert users of Escherichia coli AB1157 and its derivatives to a potentially significant difference in cultivars from various sources. The difference we find is in the ability to host an infection by coliphage 186 after UV irradiation of the host cell.

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