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Park-Williams bacillus
Associated persons:
William Hallock Park
Anna Wessels Williams
Description:
A special strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in the U.S. and used for toxin production. This strain of bacillus was isolated by Anna Wessels Williams. Williams' bacillus would therefore have been a more approriate term.
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