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SUMMARY The fi + (fertility inhibition+) property was originally described in R factors related to F (F-like factors). The original fi − factors, in contrast, were related to the transfer factor of a colicin I factor (I-like factors). We describe here a group of R factors which are fi + but I-like. It is suggested that all the terms fi + , fi − , F-like and I-like be used in the description of transferable plasmids.
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Grindley et al. (1971) studied this question.
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