Document Type

Article

Language

eng

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

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.

Comments

Published version. Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 111, No. 6 (June 1960): 841-849. DOI. © 1960 Rockefeller University Press. Used with permission.

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