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Mattick and Hirsch1 described an antibiotic substance, nisin, produced by Streptococcus lactis. They showed that it was bactericidal for many Gram-positive organisms and that it was active in milk and serum. Other investigators have since been unable to confirm the observation that nisin is not significantly inactivated by serum.
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Mattick, A. T. R., and Hirsch, A., (a) Lancet, i, 417 (1946); (b) Lancet, ii, 5 (1947).
Withell, E. R., J. Hyg., 42, 124 (1942).
Berridge, N. J. (private communication).
Hirsch, A., and Grinsted, E., J. Dairy Res., 18, 198 (1951).
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HIRSCH, A. Various Antibiotics from one Strain of Streptococcus lactis. Nature 167, 1031–1032 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1671031a0
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