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Some Factors influencing the Actions of Dyes and Allied Compounds on Bacteria1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. S. Graham-Smith
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(From the Medical School, University of Cambridge.)
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The experiments recorded in this paper were undertaken in order to ascertain the effects of certain dyes and allied organic compounds on three selected species of bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, B. coli and B. pyocyaneus. These experiments show that in cultures the results are influenced by many factors, and appear to suggest that the varying results of the use of these compounds in the treatment of wounds may be ascribed to some extent to the different conditions prevailing in each case.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1919

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