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The morphology of a recently isolated strain of YK-41, was compared by electronmicroscopy with TWAR, L/434/Bu and Cal 10. The results showed that “pear-shaped” morphology was not typical of Basic morphological features, such as surface projections and hexagonally arrayed, regular structures in the inside layer of the outer membrane of elementary bodies, were very similar in these strains. The structure of strain YK-41 was identical with that of and but the profiles of elementary bodies were different from those of TWAR strains.

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