The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Title:: Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: III. Plant Tissue, as a Source of Growth Accessory Substances, in the Cultivation of Bacillus Influenzae
Description:: Over the early 1920s, several researchers in Avery's laboratory at Rockefeller Hospital turned their attention to certain bacteria, such as Bacillus influenzae, which had previously only been grown in media containing blood or blood derivatives. Because of this, the bacteria were termed "hemophilic." In this third article resulting from a long series of studies on bacterial nutrition that Avery conducted with Thjotta and Hugh Morgan, the scientists found that growth accessory substances which occur in human blood were also present in plant and animal tissue. They argued that the observation of the growth of "so-called" hemophilic bacteria on blood free media demonstrated that other substances could function in the same manner as the growth-inducing factors in blood.; Item is a photocopy.
Number of Image Pages:: 12 (1,024,205 Bytes)
Date:: 1921-10 (October 1921)
Creator:: Thjotta, Theodor; Avery, Oswald T.
Source:: Periodical: Thjotta, Theodor, and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: III. Plant Tissue, as a Source of Growth Accessory Substances, in the Cultivation of Bacillus Influenzae." Journal of Experimental Medicine 34, 5 (October 1921): 455-466. Article. 12 Images.
Publisher:: Rockefeller University Press
Rights:: This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.
Exhibit Category:: The "Sugar-Coated Microbe" and the Search for a Cure for Pneumonia, 1919-1929
Relation:: Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: I. Growth of Bacillus Influenzae in Hemoglobin-Free Media (May 1921); Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: II. Growth Accessory Substances in the Cultivation of Hemophilic Bacilli (June 1921); Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: IV. Effect of Plant Tissue upon Growth of Pneumococcus and Streptococcus (July 1923); Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: V. The Effect of Plant Tissue upon the Growth of Anaerobic Bacilli (January 1924); Growth-Inhibitory Substances in Pneumococcus Cultures (February 1924)
Unique Identifier:: CCGMGR
Document Type:: Articles
Language:: English
Format:: application/pdf; image/tif
Physical Condition:: Good
Folder: [Selected articles collected by NLM]
Metadata Last Modified Date:: 2007-01-31

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