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Aaronson and Lessie1 searched for sialic acid in ten species of bacteria and detected it only among the Gram-negative organisms. In continuation of our findings with Pasteurella pestis2, we have screened many pathogenic bacteria for the presence of sialic acid.
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IRANI, R., GANAPATHI, K. Occurrence of Sialic Acid in some Gram-positive and Gram-negative Pathogenic Bacteria. Nature 195, 1227 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951227a0
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