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. 1975 Jul;64(1):116-20.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/64.1.116.

Bacterial interference by Streptococcus salivarius

N J Bill, J A Washington

Bacterial interference by Streptococcus salivarius

N J Bill et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 1975 Jul.

Abstract

A strain of streptococcus salivarius, recognized in a throat culture because of its inhibition of the growth of a species of Corynebacterium, was studied in vitro to determine its antagonistic effects agains various other bacteria. It was found to be inhibitory to anaerobic Gram-positive cocci, streptococci belonging to Lancefields groups A, C, F, and G, and Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. hofmanii, and C. xerosis.

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