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. 1971 Oct;22(4):723–725. doi: 10.1128/am.22.4.723-725.1971

Use of Montmorillonite for the Demonstration of Capsules of Klebsiella aerogenes and Corynebacterium sp

Gabriel Bitton ¹, Y Henis ¹

PMCID: PMC376394 PMID: 4108650

Abstract

A technique is described for the demonstration of bacterial capsules by using montmorillonite in combination with a conventional staining method.

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