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Notes on the α-naphthol modification of the Voges-Proskauer test and reference to the creatine modification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Maxwell M. Barritt
Maxwell M. Barritt
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From the Bacteriological Department of the Liverpool Corporation
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The α-naphthol modification of the Voges-Proskauer (v.-p.) test described by Barritt (1936) has proved satisfactory for the examination of the coli-aerogenes group in the hands of several workers, including Harold (1936), Vaughn, Mitchell & Levine (1938), Kluyver & Molt (1939), Iyer & Raghavachari (1938–9), and Batty-Smith (1941).

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , September 1943 , pp. 214 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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