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. 1974 Sep;28(3):505–506. doi: 10.1128/am.28.3.505-506.1974

Contamination of Bacteriological Media by Leptospira biflexa

J J Brendle 1, A D Alexander 1
PMCID: PMC186752  PMID: 4417715

Abstract

Contamination of media with a strain of Leptospira biflexa was traced to the deionized water supply. The leptospiral contaminant appeared in media sterilized by filtration through 0.45- and 0.22-μm pore size membrane filters.

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