Pathogenic Mycoplasmas A Ciba Foundation Symposium

Mycoplasmas as pathogens. Comparison between the structure of animal and plant mycoplasmas: extracellular and intracellular morphology. Cytology of the mycroplasmas. Immunochemistry of mycoplasma membranes. Macromolecular synthesis and growth of mycoplasmas. Isolation and characterization of mycoplasma viruses. Isolation of mycroplasmas and their rapid identification by plate epi-immunofluorescence. Isolation and growth of citrus mycoplasmas. Current status of the aetiology of corn stunt disease. Infections heredity in Drosophila paulistorum. Pathogenic mycoplasmas in rheumatoid arthritis?. The role of mycoplasmas in the production of pneunomia in the pig. Mixex infection: the interaction of mycoplasmas and malaria parasites. Pathogenic of Mycroplasma pneumoniae infection as studies in the human foetal trachea in organ culture. Interaction between mycoplasmas and respiration viruses studied in tracheal organ cultures. Cell-mediated immunity and the response to mycoplasma.

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