The Experimental Production of Epithelium-Lined Cysts

Abstract

In a previous communication (Molyneux 1959) the bacterial degradation of wool fibres in vitro was described. The causative organism, an aerobic mesophilic spore-forming rod, was isolated from the contents of epithelium-lined cysts produced experimentally in sheep. This paper describes the production of these cysts by a technique which was developed in order to study the mechanism of cyst growth.