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Commercially available sera contain bacterial viruses. The possible origin of serum bacteriophages and the implication of this observation for tissue culture studies are discussed.
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Research supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 FO2 HD 50,527-1) from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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Merril, C.R., Friedman, T.B., Attallah, A.F.M. et al. Isolation of bacteriophages from commercial sera. In Vitro 8, 91–93 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02615965
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