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Species of bacterium
Brachyspira aalborgi is a species of bacteria, one of the causative agents of
intestinal spirochetosis .
[1]
[2] Its cells are anaerobic, sigmoidal with tapered ends, 2 to 6
μm long. Four
flagella are inserted at each end of the cells. The maximal cell width is about 0.2 μm. The type strain is 513A (NCTC 11492).
[3]
References
^ Torbenson, MD, Michael; Abraham, MD, Susan C.; Kannangai, MD, Rajesh; Koteish, MD, Ayman (2003).
"Colonic Spirochetosis in Children and Adults" . American Journal of Clinical Pathology . 120 (6): 828–832.
doi :
10.1309/G7U6BD85W4G3WJ0J .
ISSN
0002-9173 .
PMID
14671970 .
^ Mikosza AS, Hampson DJ (June 2001).
"Human intestinal spirochetosis: Brachyspira aalborgi and/or Brachyspira pilosicoli?" .
Animal Health Research Reviews . 2 (1): 101–10.
doi :
10.1079/AHRR200117 .
PMID
11708739 .
S2CID
22663799 . Retrieved 2013-09-08 .
^ Hovind-Hougen K, Birch-Andersen A, Henrik-Nielsen R, et al. (December 1982).
"Intestinal spirochetosis: morphological characterization and cultivation of the spirochete Brachyspira aalborgi gen. nov., sp. nov" .
Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 16 (6): 1127–36.
doi :
10.1128/JCM.16.6.1127-1136.1982 .
PMC
272552 .
PMID
6186689 .
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