Talk:R-factor
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 | The contents of the R-factor page were merged into Plasmid-mediated resistance#R-factor on 30 September 2022. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |
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editCoture changed "genera" to "generations". This was a mistake "genera" is the plural of the taxonomic term "genus", the level of classification above species. I have expanded the article to include an example of R-factor transfer at an even higher taxonomic level, that of the family.
I rewrote the lead based on the Campbell textbook because I found the organization of the original lead difficult to follow. I also added some relevant details that were missing from the original lead. Artsyscientist (talk) 14:02, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
- I think you have also removed some relevant details from the lead in Special:Diff/1036096932. Just leaving a TODO here -- without an idea how the merge will go I cannot properly write it in. Artoria2e5 🌉 09:07, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Proposed merge of Plasmid-mediated resistance with R-factor
editDifferent facets of same topic that cannot really be separated. Not sure about which one to merge to though: R-f name is common in intro textbooks and old research while P-m r name is more common in current research. (On the Wikidata side I guess R-f is preferable since it has more interwiki links. But P-m r article has a better structure and all that.) Artoria2e5 🌉 09:04, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
- Support, suggesting a merge to Plasmid-mediated resistance, which I think is the slightly broader topic. That is, R-factors are the mechanism by which Plasmid-mediated resistance is mediated. Klbrain (talk) 11:40, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 17:58, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
