Decontamination of mycoplasma-contaminated Orientia tsutsugamushistrains by repeating passages through cell cultures with antibiotics

Table 3 The growth of O. tsutsugamushi at the various concentrations of lincomycin

	Concentrations of lincomycin in the culture medium
	12.5 μg/ml	25 μg/ml	50 μg/ml	100 μg/ml
O. tsutsugamsuhi-growth^a)	+++	+++	++	-

a) A virulent Ikeda strain was cultivated using L-929 cell in the culture medium containing lyncomycin at the indicated concentrations. The growth was observed by the immunofluorescent staining.

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