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DURING the course of investigations designed to determine the nature of the infective principle present in the virus of tomato mosaic, a bacterial growth showing various forms was isolated. Stained smears prepared from this showed so many bacteria in a state of breakdown that the phenomenon seemed worth examining further.
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BEWLEY, W. The Nature of the Virus Principle in Mosaic Disease. Nature 127, 442 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127442a0
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