Abstract
Summary: By using a culture of Streptococcus agalactiae in its logarithmic phase of growth as test organism, it is possible to assay nisin satisfactorily with an incubation period of approximately half an hour. Penicillin, streptomycin, aureomycin and gramicidin cause a qualitatively similar response in the test organism. A similar technique could therefore be used to assay these antibiotics.
Received:
02/03/1951
Published Online:
Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 UTC 1952
© Society for General Microbiology, 1952
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