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A PREVIOUS communication1 reported that spores of a fungus identified as Sporidesmium bakeri Syd. contained the ‘beaker test’ substance found to be associated with toxicity of pasture samples on which the disease known as facial eczema had occurred.
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Percival, J. C., and Thornton, R. H., Nature, 182, 1095 (1958).
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THORNTON, R., PERCIVAL, J. A Hepatotoxin from Sporidesmium bakeri capable of producing Facial Eczema Diseasesin Sheep. Nature 183, 63 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183063a0
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