STUDIES ON A NON-HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS ISOLATED FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF HUMAN BEINGS : III. IMMUNOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP OF STREPTOCOCCUS MG TO STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS TYPE I |
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| Authors: | George S. Mirick Lewis Thomas Edward C. Curnen Frank L. Horsfall Jr. |
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| Affiliation: | From the United States Navy Research Unit at the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research |
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| Abstract: | The results of studies on the immunological relationship between streptococcus MG and Streptococcus salivarius type I are described. Evidence is presented to show that Streptococcus salivarius type I, like streptococcus MG, possesses a capsular polysaccharide antigen. Similarities in the capsular polysaccharides of these two different species of non-hemolytic streptococci appear to be responsible for their immunological relationship. |
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