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Competence of Genetic Transformation correlated with the Occurrence of Fimbriae in Three Bacterial Species

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THE involvement of bacterial fimbriae (pili) in some cases of phage infection and in bacterial conjugation has been known or presumed for some years1. Studies in our laboratories show that fimbriae are also associated with genetic transformation in several bacterial species.

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  1. Kaptein W. Wilhelmsen og Frues Bakteriologiske Institutt, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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  2. Statens Institutt for Folkehelse, Oslo

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BØVRE, K., FRØHOLM, L. Competence of Genetic Transformation correlated with the Occurrence of Fimbriae in Three Bacterial Species. Nature New Biology 234, 151–152 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio234151a0

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