%0 Journal Article %A King, H. K. %A Alexander, Hazel %T The Mechanical Destruction of Bacteria %D 1948 %J Microbiology, %V 2 %N 3 %P 315-324 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-2-3-315 %I Microbiology Society, %X Summary: A number of different organisms were subjected to violent shaking with minute round glass particles. Vegetative bacteria, spores, and acid-fast species were killed by this treatment, though at varying rates. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-2-3-315