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Comparative ultrastructural study on the cell envelopes of Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia rickettsii, and Rickettsia tsutsugamushi.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 21 ·No. 3 ·1978-09-00 ·Pages 1020-3

Silverman DJ, Wisseman CL

Abstract

Rickettsia tsutsugamushi differs from other rickettsiae in its cell envelope organization. The differences were made evident through a comparative study of the outer envelope of R. tsutsugamushi, R. prowazekii, and R. rickettsii by electron microscopy.

MeSH Terms
Cell Membrane/ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron Orientia tsutsugamushi/ultrastructure Rickettsia prowazekii/ultrastructure Rickettsia rickettsii/ultrastructure
Authors & Affiliations
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Silverman D J
Wisseman C L
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
DOI
10.1128/iai.21.3.1020-1023.1978
Published
1978-09-00
Pages
1020-3
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC422098
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.21.3.1020-1023.1978 PMC Full Text View journal details
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