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LYSIS OF BACTERIAL PROTOPLASTS AND SPHEROPLASTS BY STAPHYLOCOCCAL ALPHA-TOXIN AND STREPTOLYSIN S

A W BERNHEIMER, L L SCHWARTZ

    Journal of Bacteriology
    |May 1, 1965
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    BACILLUS MEGATERIUMBACTERIOLYSISCELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITYESCHERICHIA COLIEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYMURAMIDASEPENICILLINPHARMACOLOGYPROTOPLASTSSARCINASTAPHYLOCOCCUSSTREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENESSTREPTOLYSINTOXINS AND ANTITOXINSVIBRIO

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