[The isolation and characteristics of variant plague microbes not producing the capsular antigen].

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[The isolation and characteristics of variant plague microbes not producing the capsular antigen].

Mikrobiologicheskii zhurnal - 1 Jan 2000

Gvozdenko N A, Ryzhkov V Iu, Pavlovich N V

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Fifteen stable variants of Yersinia pestis strains exhibiting different degrees of virulence for white mice and guinea pigs were obtained. Multiple passages of the organisms at 37 degrees C in a fluid nutrient medium containing antiplague agglutinating serum were found to be the most efficient me...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacteriological Techniques
Genetic Variation
Guinea Pigs
Mice
Phenotype
Serial Passage
Virulence
Yersinia pestis

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