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. 1980 Feb;141(2):963-7.
doi: 10.1128/jb.141.2.963-967.1980.

Visualization of cell-cell contact during conjugation in Streptococcus faecalis

D J Krogstad, R M Smith, R C Moellering Jr, A R Parquette

Visualization of cell-cell contact during conjugation in Streptococcus faecalis

D J Krogstad et al. J Bacteriol. 1980 Feb.

Abstract

Conjugal transfer of an antibiotic resistance plasmid in Streptococcus faecalis was associated with direct intercellular connections between chains of streptococci in the absence of either pili or fimbriae.

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