Mass cultivation of ureaplasmas and some applications.
A procedure for the mass cultivation of Ureaplasma urealyticum is described. Yields of about 100 mg, dry weight, were obtained form 100-liter cultures of three serovars, 3, 4 and 8. Although not totally free from precipitated medium components, the use of radiolabeling permitted chemical analyses of organism-derived lipids and lipoglycans. All three serovars contained lipoglycans composed of hexoses, glycoerol, fatty acid esters and phosphorus.
D003470:Culture Media; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000032:analysis / Q000254:growth & development*
D003470:Culture Media; D008055:Lipids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides