Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Fluorescence of the Toxin of Clostridium Botulinum and its Relation to Toxicity

Nature volume 181, pages 751–752 (1958)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Van Heyningen, W. E., “Bacterial Toxins” (Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1950).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Buehler, H. J., Schantz, E. J., and Lamanna, Carl, J. Biol. Chem., 169, 295 (1947).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Boroff, D. A., J. Bacteriol., 70, 363 (1955).

    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Boroff, D. A., and Torok, A. (unpublished work).

  5. Bowen, E. J., and Wokes, F., “Fluorescence of Solutions” (Longmans Green and Co., London, 1953).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Divisions of Microbiology and Biophysics, New England Institute for Medical Research, Ridgefield, Connecticut

    DANIEL A. BOROFF &  JOHN E. FITZGERALD

Authors
  1. DANIEL A. BOROFF
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. JOHN E. FITZGERALD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

BOROFF, D., FITZGERALD, J. Fluorescence of the Toxin of Clostridium Botulinum and its Relation to Toxicity. Nature 181, 751–752 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181751a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/181751a0

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing