01208nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001400067653001400081653001100095653001200106653001400118653000900132653002500141653002500166653002500191100001300216245011300229300001100342490000700353520058000360022001400940       1985                            d  c1985 Sep10aAnimals10aCell Wall10aCytoplasm10aHumans10aleprosy10aMembranes10aMice10aMice, Inbred Strains10aMicroscopy, Electron10aMycobacterium leprae1 aHirata T00aElectron microscopic observations of cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane in murine and human leprosy bacilli.  a433-400 v533 a<p>The cell wall and the cytoplasmic membrane of Mycobacterium lepraemurium in murine lepromas and M. leprae in human skin lepromas were studied in ultrathin serial sections at the electron microscopic level. The cell wall in M. lepraemurium was composed of three layers: an innermost electron-dense layer, an intermediate electron-transparent zone, and a thin outermost electron-dense layer. The fine structure of the cell wall in M. leprae was slightly different. In general, the cytoplasmic membrane of M. lepraemurium and M. leprae seemed to have a similar structure.</p>  a0148-916X