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Strontium as a Substituted Structural Element in Cell Walls of Rhizobium
PREVIOUS reports1,2 on the calcium requirement of a strain of Rhizobium trifolii have shown that bacteria deprived of this element during growth changed from normal rods to swollen, spherical bodies with weakened...
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Polysaccharide Fractions and Transformations in Rhizobium
OUR interest in the composition of rhizobial gums1,2 led of to attempt transformations using, first a preparation based on that of Ljunggren3 and later the cruder, and therefore deoxyribonucleic acid-rich, fracti...
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A Calcium-sensitive Strain of Rhizobium trifolii
CONTRARY to the findings of Norris1, it has been possible to show regularly, in detailed growth investigations, a favourable response to calcium by strains of R. trifolii and R. meliloti. This has expressed itsel...
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Influence of Time and Temperature of Storage on Dye-Reduction Tests in Milk
IN applying overseas data to the determination of suitable dye-reduction standardś for the grading of milk in New South Wales, it soon became apparent that particular attention would have to be paid to the inf...
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Dosage/Response Relationships in Mould Inhibition
WHILE in the inhibition of several moulds by alkyl p-hydroxybenzoates, the expression :
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Distortion of Fungal Hyphæ in the Presence of Certain Inhibitors
Brian, Curtis and Hemming1 have recently reported the production by Penicillium Janczewskii of a factor having little antibiotic action but causing characteristic distortion of fungal hyphæ growing in its presenc...
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Inhibition of Mould Growth by p-Aminobenzoic Acid and the n-Butyl Ester
IN tests conducted in these laboratories, p-amino-benzoic acid and the n-butyl p-aminobenzoate have shown definite reduction in rate of growth of three representative moulds (species of Aspergillus, Penicillium a...
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Variation in the Nitrogen-fixing Property of Rhizobium trifolii
WHILE testing a number of strains of Rhizobium trifolii, two cases have occurred (cultures 61 and 91, isolated from Trifolium tomentosum L. and Trifolium glomeratum L. respectively) in which a culture, from a sin...
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Effective and Ineffective Association between Root–Nodule Bacteria and the Host Plant
IN a recent paper, Chen, Nicol and Thornton1 present results from which they conclude that “the production as a result of infection of soluble substances affecting the growth of the bacteria affords an explanatio...