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Lytic Activity on Yeast Cell Walls as a Useful Character for the Separation of Streptomyces and Nocardia

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RECENTLY a number of different classifications have been proposed for the Actinomycetales. Apart from the uncertainty about which genera shall be included in this order there is considerable divergence of views about the arrangement and naming of those which are by common consent admitted. The disparity found between the different systems shows how much uncertainty still exists in the classification of the actinomycetes.

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VILLANUEVA, J., GASCÓN, S. & GARCIA ACHA, I. Lytic Activity on Yeast Cell Walls as a Useful Character for the Separation of Streptomyces and Nocardia. Nature 198, 911–912 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198911a0

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