01220nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001500067653001800082653001200100653002500112653002500137100001400162700001500176245006500191856004100256300001100297490000700308520066100315022001400976       1983                            d  c1983 Jun10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aCell Membrane10aleprosy10aMicroscopy, Electron10aMycobacterium leprae1 aSilva M T1 aMacedo P M00aElectron microscopic study of Mycobacterium leprae membrane.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v51n2a11.pdf  a219-240 v513 a<p>We report the results of the study by transmission electron microscopy of normal Mycobacterium 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 results show that the ultrastructure of M. leprae is identical in both hosts. The demonstration of a symmetric membrane profile in M. leprae in armadillos confirms our 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 we have studied so far.</p>
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