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Effect of the Source of Nitrogen in the Medium on the Formation of Penicillin by Surface Cultures of Penicillium notatum

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A FRACTION which is active in stimulating penicillin formation may be prepared from aqueous extracts of seed peas either dried or green by means of ethanol precipitation1.

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  1. Cook, R. P., Tulloch, W. J., Brown, M. B., and Brodie, J., Biochem. J., 39, 314 (1945).

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  2. Cook, R. P., and Brown, M. B., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., B, in the press (1947).

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    R. P. COOK & MARGARET B. BROWN

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COOK, R., BROWN, M. Effect of the Source of Nitrogen in the Medium on the Formation of Penicillin by Surface Cultures of Penicillium notatum. Nature 159, 376–377 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159376b0

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