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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
[[Image:porcine intestinal adenomatosis campylobacter.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Campylobacter mucosalis in intracellular porcine intestinal adenomatosis (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)]]
Porcine adenomatosis complex is a disease caused by the obligatory intracellular organism '''''Lawsonia intracellularis''''', a spirochete that does not grow well in the laboratory except in enterocyte tissue culture. It is a slender, curved, microaerophilic, gram negative rod.
Porcine adenomatosis complex is a disease caused by the obligatory intracellular organism '''''Lawsonia intracellularis''''', a spirochete that does not grow well in the laboratory except in enterocyte tissue culture. It is a slender, curved, microaerophilic, gram negative rod.