NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY COLLEGE
AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

ITHACA, NEW YORK
WILLIAM A. HAGAN

DEANE W. MALOTT
DEAN .

PRESIDENT
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY

16 Mar 53

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of genetics
College of agriculture

The University of Wisconsin
Madison 6, Wisconsin

Dear br. Lederberg,

I am afraid I will be of very little heip to you. Like
Edwards I have in my stocxs one culture of S. napoli, the same
one. While I was in Italy I sent in the neighborhood of 31
cultures of this serological typ2 to the Army Medical School
in Washington. These strains were isolated from Army personnel
and Italian civilians. They ight still be avaiiable at the
Army Medical School.

Concerning &. abortus-equi, Miss alice Moran, Ky. Agr. Expt.
Sta., Lexington, Kentucky has a number of strains that she uses
in making bacterin for the horsemen. I think she would be willing
to send you the strains.

{The story of the 1,2 phases is the same. I have daly Ky.
stock #157. Of course I can take the 1,é,3 pnuses ana make
1,2 phases out of then, but the ones I have are diphasic and
I think you want monophusic 1,2 phases.

During my stay in Italy I also seni the army Medical School
several strains of somatic group B that wera nonmotile. I
assumed they were S. typhi-murium. Those, also might be available.

Your name is on my reprint senuiny iist anu will not be
overlooked.

Sincerely,

OW Tmo

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L. W. Bruner

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