Abstract
Summary and Conclusions
The relationship of bacterial growth to utilization of citrate and clotting of plasma has been determined. Clotting of citrated plasma may be used as a dependable and simple end point of citrate utilization by certain strains of bacteria. Fluoroacetate was found to prevent clotting by interfering with utilization of citrate by A. aerogenes and the enterococci. Cyanide had no effect on clotting by enterococci.
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