01322nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002000055653001200075653002200087653001800109653001100127653001100138653001200149653002500161653001000186100001800196700001600214700002000230700001700250700001200267700001100279245015900290300001000449490000700459520054000466022001401006       1996                            d  c1996 Aug10aActinomycetales10aAnimals10aDisease Outbreaks10aFish Diseases10aFishes10aHumans10aleprosy10aMicroscopy, Electron10aUlcer1 aChakrabarty A1 aMukherjee M1 aChakrabarty A N1 aDastidar S G1 aBasak P1 aSaha B00aElectron microscopic characteristics of actinomycetic agents having aetiological association with human leprosy and epizootic ulcerative syndrome of fish.  a810-20 v343 a<p>The transmission electron microscopic (TEM) studies of the human leprosy derived chemoautotrophic nocardio-form (CAN) bacteria and EUS derived CAN bacteria showed presence of double contoured cell-walls consisting of an electron transparent and a dense layer. The fibrillar structures on the surface of these CAN bacterial cells also suggested their similarity to the human tissue derived Mycobacterium leprae cells. These EM studies further revealed mycelial and coccoid bodies in all these bacteria as was observed originally.</p>  a0019-5189