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Microbial Growth Stimulants in Spleen

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PREVIOUS studies have revealed that rabbit spleen contains unidentified, water-soluble substances that are growth stimulatory for Escherichia coli1, and also that beef spleen yields heat-resistant, water-soluble extractives stimulatory for species of pathogenic fungi2. A blood agar medium incorporating aqueous spleen infusion was formulated for the isolation of pathogenic fungi at 37° C.2. The stimulatory effects of spleen extracts on the growth of micro-organisms in chemically defined culture media has been investigated by us.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 29

    M. L. LITTMAN

  2. Department of Biology, St. John's University, Brooklyn, 6, New York

    MICHAEL A. PISANO

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LITTMAN, M., PISANO, M. Microbial Growth Stimulants in Spleen. Nature 181, 285 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181285a0

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