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THIS communication records the preparation from strains of group A streptococci of bodies which appear to conform to the rigid definition of ‘protoplasts’ recently offered by Brenner et al. 1. They have been prepared by enzymic digestion of living cells.
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GOODER, H., MAXTED, W. Protoplasts of Group ABeta-hæmolytic Streptococci. Nature 182, 808–809 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182808b0
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