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Three of fiveAcholeplasma laidlawii strains were found to carry Mitomycin C inducible acholeplasmaviruses. These virus hosts were capable of propagating (1) virus homologous to the one it carried, and (2) exogenous virus while releasing induced endogenous virus.
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Liss, A., Hakkarainen, K. & Jansson, E. Acholeplasma laidlawii retains sensitivity to exogenous virus while releasing endogenous, mitomycin C induced, virus. Archives of Virology 85, 165–170 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317017
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