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THE swarming of species of Proteus on solid culture media is a well known and often troublesome phenomenon (Fig. 1). It may be suppressed in various ways1, and considerable attention has been paid to possible factors involved in this peculiar zonal growth2–8. This communication reports the effect of activated charcoal on the swarming of five strains of Proteus. The strains used were P. vulgaris C and B 11 and P. mirabilis 12, 8268, and NCTC 5887.
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SMITH, D., ALWEN, J. Effect of Activated Charcoal on the Swarming of Proteus. Nature 212, 941–942 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212941a0
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