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RECENTLY, Heim and Poe in the United States introduced a very convenient method for evaluating antimicrobial properties of organic compounds1. They used, for example, Aerobacter aerogenes and Saccharomyces cerevisiœ as test strains, and based the estimation on the volume of gas found on incubation in lactose and glucose broth respectively for 72 hr. or less at 37° C. We have applied the same principle as a convenient method for estimating fermentation-inhibiting properties.
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MOSSEL, D. A Simple Gasometric Method for the Analysis of the Fermentation-inhibiting properties of Antimicrobic Agents. Nature 166, 188 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166188a0
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