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IT has been reported1 that phages isolated from sewage against Serratia marcescens lyse a single strain each of Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri. S. marcescens can receive2,3 lac+ genes from E. coli and Salmonella typhosa via an episomic vector and may in turn transmit these genes to S. typhimurium and Sh. dysenteriae.
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PRINSLOO, H., COETZEE, J. Host-range of Temperate Serratia marcescens Bacteriophages. Nature 203, 211 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203211a0
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