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MILK-WOOL is now becoming of universal interest, and samples are being shown now and then of textile products containing 50 or even 100 per cent of this material. It appears to us, however, that due consideration should be given to the question, whether these products can withstand the biological agencies provided by Nature in the form of organisms able to assimilate and mineralize protein substances of the class to which casein belongs.
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SMIT, J., VAN DER HEIDE, B. Dissolving Action of Micro-Organisms on Milk-Wool. Nature 141, 647–648 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141647b0
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