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. 1979 Mar;23(3):903–906. doi: 10.1128/iai.23.3.903-906.1979

Isolation of mutants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae defective in hemadsorption.

E J Hansen, R M Wilson, J B Baseman
PMCID: PMC414247  PMID: 457264

Abstract

Mutants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae incapable of hemadsorption were isolated by means of chemical mutagenesis. These hemadsorption-negative mutants did not attach to hamster tracheal rings in vitro at as high a frequency as that exhibited by the wild-type parent strain.

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