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Observations upon the cytology and life history of Fusiformis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. O. Morris
E. O. Morris
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Department of Bacteriology, University of Birmingham
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Fusiformis is a multicellular organism having the cytological characters of the Eubacteria, and normally reproducing by fission.

A few cells of all the strains examined pass through the L cycle; usually the initiation of this process follows the patterns described in Proteus and the Morax-Axenfeld bacillus. It has not so far been possible to grow these L-forms of Fusiformis in culture without immediate reversion to the bacillary form.

The stable forms described by other workers appear to be produced by a process analogous to the sexual conjugation seen in the Actinomyces.

The evidence suggests that passage through the L cycle is a normal function of Fusiformis in its natural habitat.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , March 1953 , pp. 49 - 54
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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