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Evaluation of Colorimetric Methods in the Estimation of Sialic Acid in Bacteria

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NUMEROUS reports have appeared claiming the presence of the sialic acids in various Gram-negative bacteria1–9. In several communications7–9 the detection and estimation of these acids were made solely by the colorimetric procedure of Warren10. In others, a modified direct Ehrlich procedure was used1–5.

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    GUY T. BARRY, JAMES D. HAMM & MEL G. GRAHAM

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BARRY, G., HAMM, J. & GRAHAM, M. Evaluation of Colorimetric Methods in the Estimation of Sialic Acid in Bacteria. Nature 200, 806–807 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200806a0

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