NONSAPONIFIABLE LIPIDS OF REPRESENTATIVE PLEUROPNEUMONIA-LIKE ORGANISMS

Pleuropneumonia-Like Organisms (PPLO) Mycoplasmataceae

This small book is an attempt to review present knowledge on the morphology, immunology, and pathogenicity of the pleuropneumonia-like organisms (PPLO). The author is a recognized authority on these organisms and the material is presented from her point of view, although she readily admits that there are some who may be in disagreement with her conclusions. Four of the eleven chapters are devot...

Genital strains of human pleuropneumonia-like organisms.

Klieneberger-Nobel (1961) reviewed in detail the significance of large-colony pleuropneumonia-like organisms (PPLO) in the human genital tract. Unfortunately, at that time, the existence of T-strain PPLO, as described by Shepard (1956), was under dispute. Subsequently, however, Shephard's observation that T-strain PPLO could be isolated from the majority of patients with non-gonococcal urethrit...

A selective medium for pleuropneumonia-like organisms.

Quantitative measurement of the growth of pleuropneumonia-like organisms.

Accurate and reliable methods for the quantitative measurement of the growth of pleuropneumonia-like organisms have never been developed. Studies on members of this group of organisms have advanced in recent years to the stage at which further developments will be impeded by the lack of such methods. Generally techniques employed for rapid quantitation of bacterial growth, such as turbidity, pa...

Preparation of pleuropneumonia-like organisms for microscopic study.

I This investigation was supported in part by research grants (E-2764 and E-2765) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service. 2 Special Research Fellow, U. S. Public Health Service. with differential staining would aid in their identification. There are two basic methods currently being used for the preparaticn of PPLO colonies for microscopic st...