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DURING work on cultures of Penicillium roqueforti, a contaminant was isolated which caused pronounced inhibition of the growth of that mould. The contaminant, when purified and characterized according to Bergey1, proved to be Bacillus subtilis.
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BABAD, J., PINSKY, A., TURNER-GRAFF, R. et al. An Antifungal Polypeptide produced by Bacillus subtilis. Nature 170, 618–619 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170618a0
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