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THE ROLE OF TEMPERATE BACTERIOPHAGE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROGENIC TOXIN BY GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI

Non-lysogenic, non-toxinogenic Group A streptococci when infected by temperate bacteriophages isolated from known scarlatinal toxin-producing strains acquire the capacity to form erythrogenic toxin. This toxin causes a characteristic erythematous reaction in the skin of rabbits and is readily neutra...

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Autor principal: Zabriskie, John B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1964
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2137738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14157029