title: Chemotaxis of leptospires to hemoglobin in relation to virulence.
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.
authors: Department of Epizootiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Yuri
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Takamoto
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Okada
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Hiramune
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Kikuchi
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Yanagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002633:Chemotaxis; D006454:Hemoglobins; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007919:Leptospira / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins