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  • Title: Use of a unit gravity sedimentation chamber for the purification of Mycobacterium leprae.
    Author: Das PK, Tulp A.
    Journal: Ann Microbiol (Paris); 1982; 133(3):389-400. PubMed ID: 6762126.
    Abstract:
    The present paper summarizes results concerning a mild isolation method of Mycobacterium lepraemurium and M. bovis-BCG from host tissues, and describes the application of such a method in purifying M. leprae (M1) from either infected armadillo tissues or human skin biopsies. This isolation method consists of homogenization, two-phase partition in dextranpolyethylene glycol and finally sedimentation in sucrose gradient using a unit gravity chamber. Such a purified M1 preparation appears to be devoid of host-tissue contaminants as examined by light and electron microscopy as well as by a radioimmuno spot test. The results indicate that the present method is mild enough to allow the purification of M1 from infected host tissues with in vivo conservation of antigenicity and viability of the bacilli.
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