Spherical body formation in the spirochaete Brachyspira hyodysenteriae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Wood, Elizabeth J ^a,d   Seviour, Robert J ^b   Siddique, Abu Baker M ^b   Glaisher, Robert W ^b   Webb, Richard I ^c   Trott, Darren J ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Bendigo Mail Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; Spherical bodies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHEROID CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; SPIROCHAETALES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 33646720713     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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