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. 1979 May;24(2):562–564. doi: 10.1128/iai.24.2.562-564.1979

Relationship Between Colicin V Activity and Virulence in Escherichia coli

Robert L Quackenbush 1,, Stanley Falkow 1
PMCID: PMC414337  PMID: 378858

Abstract

Colicin V activity is not essential to ColV plasmid-mediated virulence enhancement in Escherichia coli.

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