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Date1893
AuthorBuchner
ContributionReported that serum does not kill bacteria if it is heated to 56°C.
ReferenceSilverstein
NotesHe called the putative heat-labile substance "alexine" (superseded by "complement"). Silverstein gives date of discovery (publication) as 1889. See 1895.
CategoryImmunology
Pathogen ClassBacteria

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