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MUCOPROTEINS which are soluble in 0.6 M perchloric acid and precipitated by phosphotungstic acid have been classified as ‘mucoids’ by Winzler1. So far as we know there is no information available in the literature dealing with the mucoid content of micro-organisms; therefore, we were interested to apply the same method previously used by us2, for animal tissues, to the study of some bacteria and fungi.
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ABREU, R., ABREU, L. & VILLELA, G. Mucoids of some Micro-organisms. Nature 196, 582 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196582a0
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