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. 1993 May;61(5):2270–2272. doi: 10.1128/iai.61.5.2270-2272.1993

Chemotaxis of leptospires to hemoglobin in relation to virulence.

K Yuri 1, Y Takamoto 1, M Okada 1, T Hiramune 1, N Kikuchi 1, R Yanagawa 1
PMCID: PMC280839  PMID: 8478123

Abstract

A guinea pig-lethal line of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni strain Shibaura, but not an avirulent line of the same strain, moved in larger numbers toward hemoglobin than toward distilled water (control) in a U-shaped polypropylene tube. L. interrogans serovar lai strains 017 and KH-1, which were also guinea pig lethal, showed a similar move to hemoglobin. No such move toward hemoglobin was shown by 14 avirulent strains of L. interrogans (with one exception) or any of the 8 strains of L. biflexa tested.

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