Survival of R+ Escherichia coli in sea water.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 27 ·No. 5 ·1974-05-00 ·Pages 983-4

Smith PR, Farrell E, Dunican K

Abstract

The survival of Escherichia coli strains in sea water appears not to be affected by the possession of an R(+) factor. Sea water induces no detectable curing of R(+)E. coli.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Cell Count Cell Survival Drug Resistance, Microbial Escherichia coli/drug effects,isolation & purification Extrachromosomal Inheritance Ireland Microbial Sensitivity Tests Seawater

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Smith P R

Farrell E

Dunican K

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10 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.27.5.983-984.1974

Published

1974-05-00

Pages

983-4

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC380187

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.27.5.983-984.1974 PMC Full Text

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