Horváth I, Király K, Marschalkó M
Acta Microbiol Acad Sci Hung. 1979;26(4):273-5.
Virulent Treponema pallidum has been shown to survive in KCN-containing artificial medium. Oxygen uptake being sensitive to cyanide, the observation indicates that treponemes do not have a cytochrome oxidase system. KCN had a killing effect only at a 15--30 mM final concentration. The data show that the Budapest strain of T. pallidum is an anaerobic organism.
已证明毒力梅毒螺旋体能在含氰化钾的人工培养基中存活。由于氧摄取对氰化物敏感,该观察结果表明螺旋体没有细胞色素氧化酶系统。氰化钾仅在终浓度为15 - 30 mM时具有杀伤作用。数据表明布达佩斯株梅毒螺旋体是一种厌氧生物。