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PSEUDOMONADS isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis have been found to produce a highly viscous polysaccharide when grown on an artificial medium1. The polysaccharide was identified as a polymer of uronic acid resembling alginic acid2,3, a compound ordinarily isolated from brown seaweed. The isolation of a mucoid strain of E. coli as the dominant organism from a patient with cystic fibrosis4 prompted an investigation into the type of capsular material produced.
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LINKER, A., EVANS, L. Polysaccharide of a Mucoid E. coli isolated from a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis. Nature 218, 774–775 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218774b0
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