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IN the course of investigations on the growth conditions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis1, we have observed that contamination by an Aspergillus strain of cultures of M. tuberculosis human and bovine type resulted in a distinct inhibition of growth. Systematic experiments founded on this observation led to the preparation of filtrates from pure cultures of the mould, which were active against M. tuberculosis human and bovine type. A preliminary report of our results was presented to the Swedish National Society against Tuberculosis on October 1, 1943. In view of a recent communication by M. A. Soltys2, we wish to report briefly our findings.
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Kallós, P., "Beitr. zur Immunbiologie der Tuberkulose" (Stockholm: H. W. Tullberg, 1941).
Soltys, M. A., Nature, 154, 550 (1944).
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KALLÓS, P. Antibiotic Action of an Aspergillus Strain against Mycobactehum tuberculosis*. Nature 155, 300 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155300b0
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