| Value |
29
hours
|
| Organism |
Spirochete Treponema pallidum |
| Reference |
Brock TD. Microbial growth rates in nature. Bacteriol Rev. 1971 Mar35(1): p. 57 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID4929658
|
| Primary Source |
Davis, B. D., R. Dulbecco, H. N. Eisen, H. S. Ginsberg, and W. B. Wood. 1968. Microbiology. Hoeber Medical Division, New York |
| Comments |
Treponema pallidum is a gram negative bacteria that causes syphilis, An average incubation time of 17 days is required for a demonstrable lesion after the intradermal injection of 500 organisms and the time required for the development of a lesion is reduced by 4 days for each 10-fold increase in inoculum size. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
102398 |