In the early 1890’s Metchnikoff demonstrated that Bacillus subtilis was able to produce substances which neutralized diphtheria toxin, tetanus toxin and snake venom after a period of in vitro combination. It was further shown that fungi like Isaries, Sporotrichous, and Torula, and certain parasites of insects and humans neutralized the activity of such toxins. Calmette working with a strain of Bacillus subtilis isolated by Metchnikoff, observed that it produced substances which at least partially neutralized the toxicity of snake venom.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110178 |
| Date | January 1956 |
| Creators | Diena, Benito. B. |
| Contributors | Stevenson, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Biology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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