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American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 12(40), p. 4771-4775, 2002
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.40.12.4771-4775.2002
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Are there naturally occurring pleomorphic bacteria in the blood of healthy humans?
Journal article published in 2002 by
Richard W. McLaughlin,
Hojatollah Vali,
Peter C. K. Lau,
Roger G. E. Palfree,
Angela De Ciccio,
Marc Sirois,
Darakhshan Ahmad,
Richard Villemur 
,
Marcel Desrosiers,
Eddie C. S. Chan
,
Marcel Desrosiers,
Eddie C. S. Chan
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Dark-field microscopy of blood from healthy individuals revealed the existence of pleomorphic microorganisms. These bacteria exhibited limited growth and susceptibility to antibiotics and could be detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization and flow cytometry. They were further characterized by analysis of their 16S rRNA and gyrB genes.