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. 1982 Aug;16(2):391–394. doi: 10.1128/jcm.16.2.391-394.1982

Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis in Untreated MMC-E mouse epithelial cells.

J Keski-Oja, J Paavonen
PMCID: PMC272367  PMID: 7119105

Abstract

The susceptibility of the epithelial mouse embryo cell line MMC-E to infection with Chlamydia trachomatis was studied by using chlamydiae from both laboratory strain L2 and clinical specimens. MMC-E cells were sensitive to infection with C. trachomatis without any pre- or posttreatments, and their susceptibility for isolation was comparable to that of the conventionally used irradiated McCoy cells.

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