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Acholeplasma vituli sp. nov., from bovine serum and cell cultures.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2000
Angulo A F, Reijgers R, Brugman J, Kroesen I, Hekkens F E, Carle P, Bové J M, Tully J G, Hill A C, Schouls L M, Schot C S, Roholl P J, Polak-Vogelzang A A
Abstract excerpt
Organisms isolated from commercial foetal bovine serum and from cell culture lines containing such serum supplements were found to consist of non-helical, non-motile, pleomorphic coccoid forms. One strain (FC 097-2T) cultivated directly from foetal bovine serum was selected for characterization. In ultrastructural examination, individual round cells lacked cell wall structures and cells varied in size, with a...
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