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. 1961 May;81(5):786–793. doi: 10.1128/jb.81.5.786-793.1961

SPONTANEOUS AND MUTATOR-INDUCED REVERSIONS OF AN ESCHERICHIA COLI AUXOTROPH I.

Prototrophic Types and Their Growth Characteristics1

Donald F Bacon a,2, Henry P Treffers a
PMCID: PMC279090  PMID: 13685702

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