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WE have recently described the effect of certain unsaturated fatty acids upon growth and acid production of Lactobacillus helveticus and other Gram-positive bacteria1,2. When added to the culture medium in a concentration of about 1:100,000, linolenic, linoleic and oleic acids, in that order of efficiency, inhibit the growth of these bacteria. The inhibition can be reversed by the addition of similar concentrations of certain surface-active agents, such as cholesterol or lecithin. We have suggested2 that these phenomena may be of a physico-chemical nature.
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KODICEK, E., WORDEN, A. Effect of Unsaturated Fatty Acids on the Acid Production of Lactobacillus helveticus. Nature 157, 587 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157587a0
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