Effect of KCN on the motility of Treponema pallidium
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Effect of KCN on the motility of Treponema pallidium
Acta Microbiol Acad Sci Hung.
1979.
Abstract
Virulent Treponema pallidum has been shown to survive in KCN-containing artificial medium. Oxygen uptake being sensitive to cyanide, the observation indicates that treponemes do not have a cytochrome oxidase system. KCN had a killing effect only at a 15--30 mM final concentration. The data show that the Budapest strain of T. pallidum is an anaerobic organism.
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