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Decomposition of Specific Bacterial Polysaccharides by a Species of Myxobacterium

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DURING the course of work carried out to determine the nature of the carbohydrate groupings that are associated with immunological specificity in bacterial antigens, the action of certain micro-organisms on the purified specific polysaccharide of B. dysenteri", Shiga, was investigated.

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  1. Serum Department, Lister Institute, Elstree, Herts

    W. T. J. MORGAN

  2. Bacteriological Laboratory, Chemical Research Department, Teddington, Middlesex

    A. C. THAYSEN

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MORGAN, W., THAYSEN, A. Decomposition of Specific Bacterial Polysaccharides by a Species of Myxobacterium. Nature 132, 604 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132604a0

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