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. 1970 Sep;103(3):836–839. doi: 10.1128/jb.103.3.836-839.1970

Resistance of Minicells to Penicillin Lysis: a Method of Obtaining Large Quantities of Purified Minicells

Stuart B Levy 1
PMCID: PMC248166  PMID: 4919994

Abstract

Penicillin has been used to purify large quantities of minicells.

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