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Infect Immun. 1971 December; 4(6): 780-782
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Growth Advantage of Fast Lactose-Fermenting Mutants of Slow Lactose-Fermenting Coliform Bacteria in Gnotobiotic Rats and Mice

Tracy D. Wilkins1 and Jacqueline A. Franzese

a Department of Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40506

ABSTRACT

When germ-free rats or mice were mono-associated with either Escherichia coli lac– (ATCC 15939) or a slow lactose-fermenting coliform (Paracolobactrum coliforme ATCC 11605), fast lactose-fermenting mutants overgrew the parent organisms.

FOOTNOTES

1 Present address: The Anaerobe Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061.

Infect Immun. 1971 December; 4(6): 780-782
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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