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. 1972 Jan;109(1):447–449. doi: 10.1128/jb.109.1.447-449.1972

Temperature Dependence of Sex-Factor Maintenance in Escherichia coli K-12

J Stadler ¹, E A Adelberg ¹

PMCID: PMC247300 PMID: 4550674

Abstract

Wild-type sex factors of Escherichia coli K-12 can be cured from host cells by growth at temperatures above 42 C. This phenomenon is obscured by reinfection of cured cells if the culture is allowed to reach cell densities above 10⁵/ml. The rate of episome loss is dependent on the genetic (chromosomal) background of the host.

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