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Survival of Escherichia coli donor, recipient and transconjugant cells was studied in sterile soil incubated under a variety of conditions. In soil not amended with additional nutrients, the absence of transconjugants indicated that R-plasmid transfer had not occurred. In soil supplemented with a low level of nutrient broth, both donor and recipient cells survived over a 48 hr period. In addition, transconjugant cells were detected in soil as early as two hr after the soil was inoculated with donor and recipient strains.
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Trevors, J.T. Survival of Escherichia coli donor, recipient, and transconjugant cells in soil. Water Air Soil Pollut 34, 409–414 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282741
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