Shinebaum R, Shaw E J, Bettelheim K A, Dickerson A G
Zentralbl Bakteriol Orig A. 1977;237(2-3):189-95.
A wild type strain of E. coli which produced an invertase capable of hydrolysing sucrose and raffinose transmitted this ability at high frequency to a recipient strain. E. coli C. The ability to ferment both sucrose and raffinose was lost both in the wild type parent and recombinant strains by treatment with ethidium bromide.
