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IT has been recently demonstrated by McIlwain, Fildes, Gladstone and Knight1 that glutamine is an essential growth factor for most strains of hæmolytic streptocci freshly isolated from pathological processes. By the use of glutamine, these investigators have been able to replace completely the hitherto essential meat extractives in their culture medium.
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LANDY, M. Influence of Glutamine on the Growth of Streptococcus hæmolyticus. Nature 144, 512–513 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144512b0
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