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Science 6 November 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3645, pp. 769 - 770
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3645.769
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Fully Deuterated Euglena gracilis

S. E. Mandeville 1, H. L. Crespi 1, and J. J. Katz 1

1 Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

Euglena gracilis has been grown in 99.4 percent D2O on fully deuterated substrates. It is the first organism with distinct animal characteristics in which at least 99 percent of the hydrogen normally present has been replaced by deuterium.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Deuterated Organisms: Cultivation and Uses.
J. J. Katz and H. L. Crespi (1966)
Science 151, 1187-1194
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