Title: Bacterial growth inhibition by amniotic fluid
Abstract: By measuring the growth of E. coli spectrophotometrically, it has been possible to determine that a chemically defined medium supported growth of this organisms; however, when amniotic fluid was added to chemically defined medium before inoculation with the test organism, enhanced growth was observed although amniotic fluid alone failed to support detectable growth of E. coli. Reversal of bacterial growth inhibition in amniotic fluid was found to be related to phosphate in chemically defined medium. The reversal of growth inhibition was demonstrated with various phosphate containing compounds. It is proposed that phosphate interacts with a bacterial growth inhibitor in amniotic fluid which results in the loss of its bacterial growth-inhibiting ability.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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