Summary: Bacteria, provisionally called Alcaligenes faecalis, oxidize lactose, maltose and the corresponding bionates aerobically to 3-ketoglycosides. Several properties of the pure compounds are described, as well as the arguments, leading to the proposed chemical formula.
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