Studies of susceptibility to bacteriophage have shown that polysaccharides associated with somatic bacterial antigens may inhibit the lytic action of bac-teriophages upon susceptible homologous organisms. Levine and Frisch (1933 a,b) demonstrated this inhibitory effect with extracts from certain Salmonella and Shigella cultures. Burnet (1934) confirmed these findings; and Gough and Burnet (1934) reported that the agent inactivating the bacteriophage was a complex polysaccharide. The phenomenon was observed among staphylococci
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