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A critical examination of the organism described as Bacillus wakefield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. F. Bridges
Affiliation:
Standards Laboratory, Oxford
Joan Taylor
Affiliation:
Salmonella Reference Laboratory, Oxford (Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service)
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The organisms described as Bacillus wakefield and considered to be members of the Flexner group are not dysentery bacilli. They are paracolon bacilli containing α-antigen.

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