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AN investigation has been made concerning the degree to which various concentrations of boric acid inhibit the growth of three soil micro-organisms and the extent to which this inhibition may be reversed.
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SHEFNER, A., BURKHARDT, B. Reversal of Boric Acid Inhibition of Growth in Certain Soil Micro-organisms. Nature 180, 1207–1208 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801207a0
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