[Co-agglutination as an alternative to precipitin testing in streptococcal grouping (author's transl)].

Grouping of beta-hemolytic streptococcal strains was performed over a six months period on a total of 102 isolates. The purpose was to compare the Lancefield method with three different possibilities offered by the Co-agglutination technique. The results show that the Co-agglutination is as reliable as precipitin testing but it can be much more sensitive and rapid than any other method.

[Cristae of a triangular aspect in the mitochondria of the corneal cells (strain SIRC)].

In rabbit corneal cells (SIRC strain), have been observed some mitochondria which, instead of containing the usual cristae, show triangular crystal-like figures as those previously described by other Authors in tissue cells of different animal species. Such curious geometric forms seem to derive from the inner membrane of mitochondria through a restructuration mechanism due to not very clear reasons about which some hypotheses are formulated.