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IT is generally recognized that the percentage kill of bacteria by mercuric chloride may be overestimated if residual mercury is not neutralized by the addition of −SH groups. When this is done bacteria are able to multiply after treatment with concentrations of mercury previously regarded as bactericidal.1 I have recently noted a similar phenomenon with vaccinia virus.
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KAPLAN, C. Reactivation of Vaccinia Virus Inactivated by Mercury. Nature 184, 1074 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841074a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1841074a0
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