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. 1973 Aug;8(2):291-5.
doi: 10.1128/iai.8.2.291-295.1973.

Outer envelope of virulent Treponema pallidum

R C Johnson, D M Ritzi, B P Livermore

Outer envelope of virulent Treponema pallidum

R C Johnson et al. Infect Immun. 1973 Aug.

Abstract

Ultrathin sections of virulent Treponema pallidum (Nichols strain) were examined with the electron microscope, and the presence of an outer cell envelope was documented.

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