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WE report here the demonstration of colony incompatibility between different strains of the same species of various Enterobacteriaceae, using chemotactic migration through semi-solid agar. This phenomenon has hitherto only been demonstrated in the swarming bacteria, Proteus, where it is known as the Dienes phenomenon.
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BETTELHEIM, K., CARLILE, M. Colony incompatibility in bacteria. Nature 264, 757–758 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264757a0
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