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. 1970 May;19(5):865–866. doi: 10.1128/am.19.5.865-866.1970

Recovery of Airborne Streptococcal L-Forms at Various Relative Humidities

R H Stewart 1,2, D N Wright 1,2,1
PMCID: PMC376804  PMID: 4912279

Abstract

Aerosolized group A streptococcal L-forms survived better at low than at high relative humidities, and mid-range humidities were the most lethal. Colonial morphology of cells surviving aerosolization was not altered.

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