R factor
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Tweet n. 1. Any of the conjugative or nonconjugative plasmids that carry and transmit genes responsible for resistance to antibiotics from one bacterium to another. Also called resistance factor, resistance plasmid, R plasmid. 2. See R-value. [R(ESISTANCE).] |
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