Objective:To analyze the changes in biological characteristics including infectivity, growth and pathogenicity of
Chlamydia muridarum (
Cm) after serial passage
in vitro in special conditions in order to provide reference for screening attenuated live vaccines and virulence-related genes.
Methods:Wild-type
Cm strain (G0) was cultured for several passages using conventional cell culture method under alternate unassisted and assisted culture conditions. Then, the 28th generation (G28) of
Cm was selected and compared with the parental G0 strain in terms of centrifugation dependence, att...