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Erythromycin-resistant and oleandomycin-resistant mutants ofStreptococcus challis 560 were obtained. As compared with the parent strains the mutants exhibited a lower transformability. This change of competence is reversible and may be reversed by adding the competence factor released by the parent strain into the supernatant fluid.
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Rytíř, V., Tichý, P. Reversible changes of competence of streptococci of the H group. Folia Microbiol 17, 456–460 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872730
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