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GENETIC recombination of Streptomycetes was first reported by Sermonti and Spada-Sermonti in 19551. By crossing different nutritional mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor various auxotrophic and prototrophic types have been obtained.
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ALAČEVIĆ, M. Interspecific Recombination in Streptomyces. Nature 197, 1323 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971323a0
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