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A Rapid Turbidimetric Method for the Assay of Antibiotics

Nature volume 167, page 448 (1951)Cite this article

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RAPIDITY in the assay of antibiotics confers advantages in the control of production, in therapy, as Schneierson1 has pointed out with respect to aureomycin, and in the requirement of but limited aseptic precautions.

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  1. Schneierson, S. S., Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 74, 106 (1950).

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    N. J. BERRIDGE & J. BARRETT

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BERRIDGE, N., BARRETT, J. A Rapid Turbidimetric Method for the Assay of Antibiotics. Nature 167, 448 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167448a0

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