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Bacterial Protoplasts

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  1. Medical Research Council Unit, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge,

    S. BRENNER

  2. Microbiological Research Station (Ministry of Supply), Porton, Wiltshire

    F. A. DARK

  3. Department of Bacteriology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    P. GERHARDT

  4. Department of Bacteriology, University of Birmingham,

    M. H. JEYNES

  5. Botanisches Institut, University of Munich,

    O. KANDLER

  6. Laboratoire de Biophysique, University of Geneva,

    E. KELLENBERGER

  7. Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London

    E. KLIENEBERGER-NOBEL

  8. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge,

    K. McQUILLEN

  9. Instituto de Edafologia y Fisiologia Vegetal, Madrid

    M. RUBIO-HUERTOS

  10. Department of Bacteriology, University of Manchester,

    M. R. J. SALTON

  11. Microbiological Research Station (Ministry of Supply), Porton, Wiltshire

    R. E. STRANGE

  12. Institut für Hygiene und Bakteriologie, University of Basle,

    J. TOMCSIK

  13. Central Bacteriological Laboratory of Stockholm City, Stockholm

    C. WEIBULL

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BRENNER, S., DARK, F., GERHARDT, P. et al. Bacterial Protoplasts. Nature 181, 1713–1715 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811713b0

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