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WINKLER1 has demonstrated that a substantial part of the iodine naturally present in sea water is in an oxidized form which he considered to be iodate. I have suggested that the bactericidal nature of sea water towards coliforms is due to the presence of this iodate2.
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JOHANNESSON, J. Oxidized Iodine in Sea Water. Nature 182, 251 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182251a0
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