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Combined effect of intercalating agents and antibiotics on R-factor carrying bacteria in broth culture

Kombination von Interkalation und Antibiotikabehandlung bei R-Faktor-Wirtskeimen in Bouillon-Kultur

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Growth ofSalmonella typhimurium LT2 andEscherichia coli K12 bearing any of four R-factors of the fi+ and fi− group in repressed and derepressed form was not inhibited by a combination of ethidium bromide with ampicillin and kanamycin.

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Salmonella typhimurium LT2 undEscherichia coli K12 mit vier R-Faktoren der fi+ bzw. der fi− Klasse im reprimierten bzw. dereprimierten Status ließen sich durch die Kombination von Ethidiumbromid und Ampicillin bzw. Kanamycin nicht abtöten.

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  1. Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Friedbühlstr. 51, CH-3008, Bern, Switzerland

    G. Lebek &  L. Petri

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Lebek, G., Petri, L. Combined effect of intercalating agents and antibiotics on R-factor carrying bacteria in broth culture. Infection 7, 273–274 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01642146

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