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Streptococcus apis was first isolated and briefly described by Maassen1. This organism occurred in most of the cases of European foul-brood (Gutartige Faulbrut) of bees which he studied. White2 and Borchert3, both of whom described this species, found that the cultures studied by them coagulated milk with subsequent digestion of the casein, and liquefied gelatin. Similar information with respect to this species is given by Bergy4. Curiously enough, no differences among various strains of this organism have been recorded.
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Tarr, H. L. A., Ann. Appl. Biol. (submitted for publication, 1936).
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TARR, H. The Organism of European Foul-brood of Bees. Nature 137, 151–152 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137151b0
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