COMMUNAL ACTIVITY OF BACTERIA

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Article| May 01 1921

John W. Churchman,

John W. Churchman

From the Department of Hygiene of Cornell University Medical College, New York.

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Morton C. Kahn

From the Department of Hygiene of Cornell University Medical College, New York.

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John W. Churchman

From the Department of Hygiene of Cornell University Medical College, New York.

Morton C. Kahn

From the Department of Hygiene of Cornell University Medical College, New York.

Received: November 02 1920

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1921, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1921

J Exp Med (1921) 33 (5): 583–591.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.33.5.583

1. The behavior of a single bacterial cell toward gentian violet differs fundamentally from that of a small group of cells (thirty).

2. The explanation of this phenomenon is not purely quantitative; thirty cells accomplish much more than thirty times what one cell can accomplish.

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Copyright, 1921, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1921

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