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IN the studies on the nitrogen requirements for the growth of members of the genus Shigella in a chemically defined medium with various nitrogen sources added singly1 a strain of Shigella dysenteriae 1 was found to grow only when cystine was present.
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SEN, R. Cystine as an Essential Amino-Acid for the Growth of a Strain of Shigella dysenteriae 1 (Sh. shiga). Nature 185, 267–268 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185267a0
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