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. 1973 Apr;114(1):408–412. doi: 10.1128/jb.114.1.408-412.1973

Miniature Cell Formation in Chlamydia psittaci

Yoh Tanami 1, Yoshitsugu Yamada 1
PMCID: PMC251779  PMID: 4698212

Abstract

In an electron microscope study on the developmental cycle of the goat pneumonitis strain of Chlamydia psittaci in L cells, it was observed that miniature reticulate bodies, measuring approximately 0.2 μm in diameter and surrounded by double unit membranes, were produced infrequently from normal-sized reticulate bodies through a “budding”-like process. As little as 0.1 μg of penicillin per ml greatly increased the frequency of the miniature reticulate body formation.

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