title: Attachment of Mycoplasma gallisepticum to the tracheal epithelium of fowls.
abstract: An electron microscopical study of fowl trachea infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum showed slight to moderate changes at the cellular level. Mycoplasmas were demonstrated extra-cellularly and showed triple membranes, intracytoplasmic spaces, fibrillar nuclear areas and blebs. Blebs were seen attached to the plasma membrane of the epithelial cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure