Morphological Properties of a Human Intestinal Spirochete First Isolated from a Patient with Diarrhea in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 989-996

  Tasu, Chollada ^a   Nakamura, Shin Ichi ^b   Tazawa, Hideki ^c   Hara, Hiromichi ^a   Adachi, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hanamaki Welfare Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese human intestinal spirochetes; Morphological properties; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLON MUCOSA; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLAGELLATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; JAPAN; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; RECTUM BIOPSY; SPIROCHETE; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; HUMAN INTESTINAL SPIROCHETE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0346103761     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03459.x     Document Type: Article

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