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. 1972 May;23(5):1027-8.
doi: 10.1128/am.23.5.1027-1028.1972.

Cultivation of leptospires: fatty acid requirements

R C Johnson, J K Walby

Cultivation of leptospires: fatty acid requirements

R C Johnson et al. Appl Microbiol. 1972 May.

Abstract

Both the parasitic and the saprophytic leptospires grow well on a pair of fatty acids (one saturated, the other unsaturated) if they contain at least 15 carbon atoms.

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