Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
9 p.
Publication Date
6-1960
Publisher
Rockefeller University Press
Source Publication
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Source ISSN
0022-1007
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1084/jem.111.6.841; PubMed Central: PMCID 2137292
Abstract
The growth of Rickettsia mooseri was accelerated and quantitatively increased in embryonate eggs containing tritium oxide at levels of 180, 90, and 45 mc./egg during the growth period. The eggs of a group containing 22.5 mc./egg showed only a slight increase in the rate of growth of organisms; the infections in the eggs of a group given 11.2 mc./egg did not differ significantly from those of the control group. On the other hand, growth of R. akari was inhibited in embryonate eggs containing tritium oxide at levels of 180, 90, and 45 mc./egg, and partially inhibited in groups containing 22.5 and 11.2 mc./egg. The patterns of growth of R. mooseri and of R. akari exposed to tritium oxide for 6 hours prior to inoculation into embryonate eggs did not differ significantly from that of the control group.
Recommended Citation
Greiff, Donald; Powers, E. L.; Kisieleski, Walter E.; and Pinkerton, Henry, "The Effects of X-rays and Beta Rays (Tritium) on the Growth of Rickettsia mooseri and Rickettsia akari in Embryonate Eggs" (1960). Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 87.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/biomedsci_fac/87
Comments
Published version. Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 111, No. 6 (June 1960): 841-849. DOI. © 1960 Rockefeller University Press. Used with permission.