分离沙眼衣原体的机遇与成功

The Chances and Success in Isolation of Chlamydia Trachomatis

中国科学家曾在本世纪五十年代取得过一项世界领先的科学成果,这就是汤飞凡、张晓楼、黄元桐、王克乾分离沙眼病原体的成功。取得这项成功的研究工作本身,有个曲折的历程;而这项成果的发表和评价,其历程不仅曲折,而且漫长。

The first strain (TE8) of C. trachomatis (the pathogenic microorganism of trachoma) was isolated in 1955 by Chinese virologist F. F. Tang, ophthalmologist S. L. Chang et al. But this chlamydia is very sensitive to pennicilin, which was in concentration of 250 units per milliliter in the solution for isolation. Strain TE8 namely was isolated from the specimen suspension with this solution. Only the chance accounts for the mechanism. This paper is concerned to three possibilities of the chance.