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Plasmid maintenance in the absence of selective pressure in vitro. Strains were serially passaged at 1:100 dilutions over 5 days in rich medium without antibiotics. The first time point (0 hours) is the first plating after 24 hours of growth in liquid medium without selection. The symbols for 5-copy plasmids are solid and those for 60-copy plasmids are open.
