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Cultivation and Laboratory Maintenance of <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i>
31 Jan 2006
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Chlamydia species are obligate intracellular bacteria that require growth inside mammalian cells for propagation and survival. As a result, Chlamydia cannot be grown on conventional bacteriological medium. This property makes Chlamydia difficult organisms to grow and maintain in the laboratory. Up until 1965, passage in the yolk sac of the embryonated hen egg was the only way to isolate and propagate the...
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