title: Influence of the fertility episome on the survival of x-irradiated Escherichia coli.
abstract: The resistance of Escherichia coli to the lethal effects of X rays was increased by the presence of a fertility episome integrated into the chromosome.
mesh_terms: D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005827:Genetics, Microbial; D011831:Radiation Genetics