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R factor

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noun

  1. a genetic component of some bacteria that provides resistance to antibiotics and can be transferred from one bacterium to another by conjugation.

Etymology

Origin of R factor

1960–65; r(esistance) factor

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The ratio d / k is called the R factor.

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