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The Sensitiveness of Tubercle and other Acid-Fast Bacilli to Acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. E. Porter
A. E. Porter
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(From the Bacteriological Department, Edinburgh University.)
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It was desired to determine the minimum amount of acid which would kill tubercle and other acid-fast bacilli, incidentally to note any distinction between human and bovine tubercle bacilli and between tubercle and other acid-fast bacilli in respect to sensitiveness to acid, and to find whether inorganic acid were more powerful in action than organic acid, and whether insoluble fatty acids were also effective.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , July 1917 , pp. 66 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1917