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Detection of bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae in the crystalline style of 11 species of endemic gastropods from Lake Baikal is reported. Investigation by transmission and scanning electron microscopy showed that these spirochetes belonged to the genus Cristispira.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.R. Tulupova, V.V. Parfenova, T.Ya. Sitnikova, E.G. Sorokovnikova, I.B. Khanaev, 2012, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2012, Vol. 81, No. 4, pp. 500–507.
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Tulupova, Y.R., Parfenova, V.V., Sitnikova, T.Y. et al. First report on bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae from digestive tract of endemic gastropods from Lake Baikal. Microbiology 81, 460–467 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261712030150
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