ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF MYCOBACTERIUM-LEPRAE MEMBRANE

1 January 1983

journal article
research article

Vol. 51 (2) , 219-224

Abstract

Transmission electron microscopy was used to study normal M. leprae in the tissues of experimentally infected armadillos. Several fixation procedures were used and compared to those previously employed in the study of M. leprae in lepromatous leprosy patients. The ultrastructure of M. leprae was identical in both hosts. The demonstration of a symmetric membrane profile in M. leprae in armadillos confirms previous results. This characteristic of the M. leprae membrane is peculiar in that it is not shared by any of the easily cultivable species of mycobacteria studied so far.

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