Elimination of the acid fastness but not the gram positivity of leprosy bacilli after extraction with pyridine.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 106 ·No. 2 ·1971-05-00 ·Pages 707-8

Fisher CA, Barksdale L

Abstract

Bacilli from a number of tissues excised from cases of lepromatous and borderline leprosy, unlike mycobacteria, were found to lose their acid-fastness after treatment with pyridine.

MeSH Terms

Biopsy Ethanol Humans Hydrochloric Acid Leprosy/microbiology Methods Mycobacterium leprae/classification,cytology,isolation & purification Pyrimidines Rosaniline Dyes Solvents Staining and Labeling

Chemicals

Pyrimidines Rosaniline Dyes Solvents Ethanol Hydrochloric Acid

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Fisher C A

Barksdale L

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

Identification of the noncultivable pathogenic mycobacteria M. leprae and M. lepraemurium.
Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis. 1968 Apr-Jun;36(2):166-70 PMID: 4877114
Phenoloxidase activity in organisms isolated from lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy.
J Bacteriol. 1970 Dec;104(3):1406-8 PMID: 16559125
Use of 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine Oxidation in the Identification of Mycobacterium leprae.
J Bacteriol. 1966 Oct;92(4):1267-8 PMID: 16562150

Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.106.2.707-708.1971

Published

1971-05-00

Pages

707-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC285154

Subset

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