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Use of Casein Hydrolysate in Experiments on the Nutrition of Lactobacillus casei

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FOR some considerable time work has been going on in these laboratories on the nutritional requirements of Lactobacillus casei. Besides the known vitamins of the B-complex there are at least two other factors involved. These are present in the water-soluble portion of whole liver, and endeavours are being made to purify and isolate these active components.

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DOLBY, D., WATERS, J. Use of Casein Hydrolysate in Experiments on the Nutrition of Lactobacillus casei. Nature 153, 139–140 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153139b0

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