Evidence for two distinct locomotory phenotypes of Treponema denticola ATCC 35405.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-302x.1995.tb00131.x

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Evidence for two distinct locomotory phenotypes of Treponema denticola ATCC 35405.

Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Apr 1995

Chan E C, Qiu Y S, Siboo R, Noble P

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Using a two-layer system, a bottom layer containing treponema cells suspended in NOS (New Oral Spirochete)-Noble agar medium or NOS-Bacto agar medium and overlaid with cell-free NOS-agarose medium resulted in the spirochete cells migrating into the top layer. However, if the positions of the medi...

Topics

Agar
Cell Movement
Chemotaxis
Culture Media
Phenotype
Sepharose
Treponema

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