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. 1991 Sep;59(9):3227–3236. doi: 10.1128/iai.59.9.3227-3236.1991

Isolation of an intracellular bacterium from hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with proliferative ileitis and reproduction of the disease with a pure culture.

H F Stills Jr 1
PMCID: PMC258157  PMID: 1879939

Abstract

An intracellular bacterium was isolated from hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with proliferative ileitis. The organism was isolated in Intestine 407 and GPC-16 cell cultures (incubated in a microaerophilic atmosphere) from isolated and lysed epithelial cells from hamsters with proliferative ileitis. The bacterium measured 1.4 to 1.7 microns in length by 0.26 to 0.34 microns in width, was slightly curved, and had an irregular trilaminar cell wall. Inoculation of hamsters with a cell culture lysate containing the organism or a 0.65-microns-pore-size filtrate of an infected-cell lysate resulted in the typical lesions of proliferative ileitis in approximately 50% of the animals in 28 days. Hamsters inoculated with uninfected cells or a 0.2-microns-pore-size filtrate of an infected-cell lysate remained uninfected. Attempts to propagate the organism on cell-free media have been unsuccessful.

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