| Literature DB >> 1104483 |
S R Graves, P L Sandok, H M Jenkin, R C Johnson.
Abstract
A maintenance medium for Treponema pallidum was designed to hold its Eh at the optimum for that organism, -10 to -110 mV. After 100% motile (freshly harvested) T. pallidum was inoculated into the medium, the motility of the treponemes decreased to 80% after 2 days, 50% after 3.5 days, and 0% after 9 days during incubation at 34 C. Full virulence was retained for 2 days, but it dropped rapidly thereafter, and the treponemes became avirulent by day 5.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1104483 PMCID: PMC415406 DOI: 10.1128/iai.12.5.1116-1120.1975
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441