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Effect of Calcium on the Production of Botulinus D Toxin
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Effect of Calcium on the Production of Botulinus D Toxin

  • L. M. WENTZEL1 &
  • M. STERNE1 

Nature volume 158, page 446 (1946)Cite this article

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SOME time ago, Dr. K. F. Meyer, director of the Williams Hooper Foundation, told us that he had obtained high yields of botulinus A and B toxins on media containing filtered alkalinized corn steep liquor. Lamanna, McElroy and Eklund1 have since reported similar results.

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  1. Lamanna, C., McElroy, O. E., and Eklund, H. W., Science, 103, 613 (1946).

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WENTZEL, L., STERNE, M. Effect of Calcium on the Production of Botulinus D Toxin. Nature 158, 446 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158446b0

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