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Effects of the virulence plasmid ColV, I-K94 on the sensitivity of Escherichia coli to putative environmental inhibitory agents

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Derivatives ofEscherichia coli carrying the virulence plasmid, ColV, I-K94 were more resistant than the ColV− parents to phage Mel but were more sensitive to the hydrophobic inhibitors deoxycholate, erythromycin and lysozyme. The basis for these changes in sensitivity has been examined in ColV+ mutants with altered colicin or VmpA protein levels and in ColV+ strains with repressed transfer properties.

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  1. Department of Botany and Microbiology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, England

    C. S. de Pacheco, M. Goodson, F. T. Rossouw & R. J. Rowbury

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The authors wish to thank the Fondacion ‘Gran Marischal de Ayacucho’ and the Central Research Fund of the University of London for financial support.

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de Pacheco, C.S., Goodson, M., Rossouw, F.T. et al. Effects of the virulence plasmid ColV, I-K94 on the sensitivity of Escherichia coli to putative environmental inhibitory agents. Experientia 41, 133–136 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02005914

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