Publication on F fertility factor (F plasmid) in E. coli documented in Genetics.
On October 1, 1956, a collaborative paper by Esther Lederberg, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and Joshua Lederberg was published in Genetics, detailing the F fertility factor (F plasmid) in Escherichia coli. This document provided insights into bacterial conjugation processes, highlighting the significance of plasmids in genetic transfers, thereby enhancing the microbial genetics landscape.