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. 1927 May 31;45(6):1003–1007. doi: 10.1084/jem.45.6.1003

A SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF PURE CULTURES FROM SINGLE BACTERIAL CELLS

Roy C Avery 1, Stanley J Leland 1
PMCID: PMC2131162  PMID: 19869299

Abstract

A method is described for the isolation of pure cultures from single bacterial cells, which is simple in operation and which requires no complicated apparatus. In addition to its simplicity, the method possesses the further advantage that several selected colonies can be isolated from the same preparation.

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