Outer envelope of virulent Treponema pallidum.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 8 ·No. 2 ·1973-08-00 ·Pages 291-5

Johnson RC, Ritzi DM, Livermore BP

Abstract

Ultrathin sections of virulent Treponema pallidum (Nichols strain) were examined with the electron microscope, and the presence of an outer cell envelope was documented.

MeSH Terms

Animals Cell Wall Immunity Male Microscopy, Electron Rabbits Syphilis/immunology Testis/microbiology Treponema pallidum/cytology Virulence

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Johnson R C

Ritzi D M

Livermore B P

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.8.2.291-295.1973

Published

1973-08-00

Pages

291-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC422845

Subset

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