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Non-Essentiality of the recA^– Mutation in the Phenomenon of Bacteriophage M13-Induced Elimination of F' Factors

^a Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

ABSTRACT

The elimination of F' factors promoted by coliphage M13 infection can occur in recA⁺ as well as recA^– merodiploid strains of Escherichia coli K-12.

¹ Present address: Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.