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. 1997 Jul;65(7):2965–2969. doi: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2965-2969.1997

Characterization of a new isolate of Chlamydia trachomatis which lacks the common plasmid and has properties of biovar trachoma.

A Farencena 1, M Comanducci 1, M Donati 1, G Ratti 1, R Cevenini 1
PMCID: PMC175415  PMID: 9199473

Abstract

A Chlamydia trachomatis urethral isolate, alpha/95, yielding pgp3-negative but otherwise normal inclusions by immunofluorescence also gave negative results when pCT-homologous DNA was searched by PCR and Southern blotting. omp-1 sequence analysis identified alpha/95 as a new genotype B variant. These findings confirm that pCT is not required for chlamydial growth in vitro.

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