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Antibiotics of Alcaligenes faecalis

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Alcaligenes faecalis type cultures N.C.T.C. 8764 and A.T.C.C. 9220 were investigated for bacteriocin production against members of the same species1 as well as a large number of Escherichia, Salmonella, Serratia, Staphylococci, Gram-positive aerobic bacilli and Proteus1. The methods used were those of Fredericq2. Organisms were grown on the Pr3 media of Ben-Gurion and Hertman3. Electrophoresis was performed as previously described4.

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MARÉ, I., COETZEE, J. Antibiotics of Alcaligenes faecalis. Nature 203, 430–431 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203430a0

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