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. 1985 Dec;50(3):935–937. doi: 10.1128/iai.50.3.935-937.1985

Binding, ingestion, and multiplication of Chlamydia trachomatis (L2 serovar) in human leukocyte cell lines.

J A Bard, D Levitt
PMCID: PMC261174  PMID: 4066039

Abstract

We examined the ability of lymphoblastoid-myeloid cell lines to bind, ingest, and permit multiplication of Chlamydia trachomatis (L2 serovar). Four types of chlamydia-cell line interactions were observed: minimal bacterial binding; bacterial binding, followed by ingestion and high-level multiplication; bacterial binding, followed by ingestion but minimal multiplication; and bacterial binding, but minimal ingestion or replication. Our data demonstrate that at 37 degrees C in vitro the L2 serovar can both bind avidly to a cell without entering it and enter nonphagocytic cells but not grow.

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