Induction and immunity in vibriocinogenic bacteria.

Infect Immun

Department of Microbiology, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto, Toronto 5, Canada.

Published: October 1970

Vibriocinogenic bacteria were found to differ in sensitivity to mitomycin C from the corresponding indicator strain, and immunity to vibriocin disappeared with post-inductional growth.

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