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IN 1958, I described a transduction-like process within a single strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1. The genetic transfer was described as transduction-like because it occurred when a mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain B was grown in the culture filtrate of another mutant or the wild-type organism itself; in addition the genetic material was unaffected by deoxyribonuclease and was associated with a particle greater than 100 mμ in diameter. It was not possible to demonstrate that the particle was a lytic bacteriophage because no susceptible strain had been isolated.
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LOUTIT, J. Effect of Ultra-Violet Irradiation on Transduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Nature 184, 1960–1961 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841960a0
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