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THERE have been many investigations of the bactericidal action of unsaturated fatty acids against tubercle bacilli1; but the mechanism of the effect still remains obscure. I have examined the action of oleic acid on Mycobacterium avium (Takeo strain) by Warburg and Thunberg's method, colony count and electron microscope.
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MINAMI, K. Bactericidal Action of Oleic Acid against Mycobacterium avium . Nature 178, 743 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178743a0
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