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A STUDY OF THE BACTERIAL CAPSULE BY NEW METHODS
J W Churchman1, N V Emelianoff
1Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, Cornell University Medical College, New York.
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
|October 30, 2009
Abstract:
A new method for staining capsules is described. With this method appearances are produced about the somata of a number of non-capsulated organisms which resemble capsules.
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