THE EFFECT OF CHICK EMBRYO EXTRACT ON THE GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGY OF TUBERCLE BACILLI

Aqueous extracts of 11-day-old chick embryos enhance the growth of tubercle bacilli in oleic acid-albumin media. These extracts also increase the tendency of virulent strains to exhibit the serpentine pattern of growth and confer this property on avirulent variants which normally grow unoriented in...

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Main Author: Bloch, Hubert
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1948
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2135819/