@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-31-1-167, author = "Beavon, Jane and Heatley, N. G.", title = "The Occurrence of Struvite (Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Hexahydrate) in Microbial Cultures", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1963", volume = "31", number = "1", pages = "167-169", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-31-1-167", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-31-1-167", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY Crystals which occurred within colonies of Staphylococcus aureus growing on nutrient agar were identified as struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate). Other organisms, all of which increased the pH value of the medium during growth, formed similar crystals.", }