Abstract
ONE unusual feature of the system of sexual recombination occurring in Escherichia coli is the infectious nature of the F factor. F – strains may be readily converted to F + by growing the two types together1,2.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on SpringerLink
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Lederberg, J., Cavalli, L. L., and Lederberg, E. M., Genetics, 37, 720 (1952).
Hayes, W., J. Gen. Microbiol., 8, 72 (1953).
Holloway, B. W., J. Gen. Microbiol., 13, 572 (1955).
Holloway, B. W., J. Gen. Microbiol., 15, 221 (1956).
Hirota, Y., and Iijima, T., Nature, 180, 655 (1957).
Skaar, P. D., Richter, A., and Lederberg, J., Proc. U.S. Nat. Acad. Sci., 43, 329 (1957).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
HOLLOWAY, B., JENNINGS, P. An Infectious Fertility Factor for Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Nature 181, 855–856 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181855b0
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/181855b0
This article is cited by
-
Sex Pili and the Classification of Sex Factors in the Enterobacteriaceae
Nature (1967)
-
Mating in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Nature (1965)
-
Genetische Untersuchung Sternbildender Bakterien
Zeitschrift f�r Vererbungslehre (1962)
-
Kreuzungsversuche mit sternbildenden Bakterien
Archiv f�r Mikrobiologie (1960)
