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Science 22 September 1967:
Vol. 157. no. 3795, pp. 1451 - 1452
DOI: 10.1126/science.157.3795.1451
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Antibiotics in the Laboratory-Rearing of Cecropia Silkworms

Lynn M. Riddiford 1

1 Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

A mixture of aureomycin and kanamycin prevents a fatal intestinal infection that usually occurs in all cecropia silkworms reared in the laboratory. Thus, for the first time, laboratory experimentation with these larvae and with those of other wild silkworms is practical.


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