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Science 22 November 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3595, pp. 1077 - 1078
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3595.1077
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Trachoma Agemt: Glucose Utilization by Purified Suspensions

Richard A. Ormsbee 1 and Emilio Weiss 2

1 Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana
2 Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

Strain TE-55 of trachoma "virus" was extracted from infected chick-embryo yolk sacs, purified with the aid of diethylaminoethyl cellulose, and incubated with C14-glucose. Highly significant amounts of C140 were produced from carbon-i, but not from carbon-6 of glucose. This demonstrates independent carbohydrate metabolism in an extracellular environment by a microorganism of this group. siae than to true viruses.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)