The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 34, 455-466,
Copyright, 1921, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
STUDIES ON BACTERIAL NUTRITION
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III. PLANT TISSUE, AS A SOURCE OF GROWTH ACCESSORY SUBSTANCES, IN THE CULTIVATION OF BACILLUS INTLUENZÆ.
Theodor Thjötta M.D.1 and
O. T. Avery M.D.1
1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
1. Growth of Bacillus infiuenz
depends on two distinct and separable substances.
2. These growth accessory substances are present in blood.
3. They occur in plant as well as in animal tissue.
4. Sterile, raw potato will serve as a substitute for blood in the cultivation of Bacillus influenz
.
Submitted on June 1, 1921