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Chapter
Structure and Activity of Endotoxins
Gram-negative bacteria comprise a great number of pathogenic microorganisms causing a variety of diseases in mammals, including man. Many of the clinical symptoms observed following an infection with gram-nega...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides: Chemical Constitution, Endotoxic Activity, and Biological Neutralization
In 1892, Richard Pfeiffer, a student of Robert Koch, was the first to describe bacterial endotoxins as heat-stable, cell-associated components of Vibrio cholerae which induced toxic reactions in guinea pigs [1]. ...
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Article
Studies on the utilization of lactose by Corynebacterium glutamicum, bearing the lactose operon of Escherichia coli
The entire Escherichia coli lactose operon was inserted into an E. coli/Corynebacterium glutamicum shuttle vector and introduced into the gram-positive host organism C. glutamicum R163. Recombinant C. glutamicum ...