COMPARATIVE BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITIES OF BLOOD SERUM AND PLASMA SERUM
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- 1 July 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 112 (1) , 15-22
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.112.1.15
Abstract
Rabbit and human plasma can be prepared without resort to anticoagulants by employing low temperatures and non-wetting surfaces. Serum formed after clotting of rabbit plasma devoid of cells and platelets manifests essentially no bactericidal activity on Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium, and a strain of Staphylococcus aureus. In contrast, rabbit blood serum exhibits this activity to a high degree.Keywords
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