THE THERMAL DEATH-POINT OF TUBERCLE BACILLI IN MILK AND SOME OTHER FLUIDS
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- 1 March 1899
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 4 (2) , 217-233
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.4.2.217
Abstract
1. Tubercle bacilli when suspended in. distilled water, normal salt solution, bouillon and milk, are destroyed at 60° C. in 15 to 20 minutes. The larger number are destroyed in 5 to 10 minutes. 2. When tubercle bacilli are suspended in milk, the pellicle which forms during the exposure at 60° C. may contain living bacilli after 60 minutes.Keywords
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- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BOVINE TUBERCLE BACILLI AND OF HUMAN BACILLI FROM SPUTUMThe Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1898