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α- and γ-Lysin Production by R Variants of Staphylococcus aureus

Nature volume 178, pages 1060–1061 (1956)Cite this article

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IT was shown1 that R variants of Staphylococcus aureus differ from S in producing more coagulase; this led to an investigation of other biological properties of the two variants.

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SMITH, D. α- and γ-Lysin Production by R Variants of Staphylococcus aureus . Nature 178, 1060–1061 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781060a0

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