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Abstract
Faine, S. (University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia), and J. van der Hoeden. Virulence-linked colonial and morphological variation in Leptospira. J. Bacteriol. 88:1493-1496. 1964.-Large-colony typical hooked Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae was virulent for hamsters and guinea pigs. On cultivation, it was gradually replaced by a serologically identical small-colony avirulent straight mutant. The hooked virulent form was selected in vivo.Entities:
Keywords: EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; GUINEA PIGS; HAMSTERS; LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MUTATION; VIRULENCE
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Year: 1964 PMID: 14234810 PMCID: PMC277434 DOI: 10.1128/jb.88.5.1493-1496.1964
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490