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Autor/in | Mikkelsen, Tom |
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Titel | A Palaeozoic Puzzle in Cenozoic Science. |
Quelle | In: Impact of Science on Society, 32 (1982) 2, S.209-20 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | Clinical Diagnosis; College Science; Culturing Techniques; Disease Control; Higher Education; Hygiene; Medicine; Microbiology; Science Education; Toxicology |
Abstract | The sword-tailed horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) has developed its own defense against bacteria surrounding it. This defense system, under the name "Limulus test," now provides medicine and hygiene with a valuable means of detecting bacterial endotoxins at extremely low levels. (Author/JN) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |