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MANY people have observed that the addition of salts and sugars to Gram-negative bacteria causes rapid increases in turbidity1–11. Changes in volume of particles of similar size to bacteria result in similar absorbance changes due to variations in light scattering12.
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KNOWLES, C. Salt induces Changes of Turbidity and Volume of E. coli. Nature New Biology 229, 154–155 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229154a0
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