Resistance and Tolerance of Bacteria to E Colicins

Smarda, J.

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J. Smarda⁴

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It is easy to select colicin non-sensitive mutants from a population of a colicin sensitive strain. In most strains, they occur in relatively high frequencies without induction. It is also easy to exclude colicin immunity as a possible cause of non-sensitivity. However, it is not easy to distinguish between colicin resistance and colicin tolerance. In this study, experimental evidence concerning this problem is presented; we used the indicator strain Escherichia coli K12-Row and its spontaneous mutants selected for decreased sensitivity to colicins E1-E9 as a model system.

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Deparment of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Jostova 10, CS-66244, Brno, Czechoslovakia
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School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK
Richard James
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, 31, chemin Joseph Aiguier, B. P. 71, 13402, Marseille Cédex 9, France
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Smarda, J. (1992). Resistance and Tolerance of Bacteria to E Colicins. In: James, R., Lazdunski, C., Pattus, F. (eds) Bacteriocins, Microcins and Lantibiotics. NATO ASI Series, vol 65. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76974-0_45

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