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Production of Colicines in Simmons's Citrate Agar

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ANTIBIOTIC substances produced by strains of the family Enterobacteriaceæ are known as colicines1,2. A recent review by P. Fredericq3 indicates that these substances are of particular biological interest: colicinogenic strains resemble in some aspects lysogenic strains, and colicines have certain characteristics similar to those of bacteriophages. Colicinogenic strains behave as pathogenic agents, which can be transduced from colicinogenic to non-colicinogenic strains by culture in common3–5.

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PAPAVASSILIOU, J. Production of Colicines in Simmons's Citrate Agar. Nature 184, 1339–1340 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841339b0

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