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.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6352528?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1983 Jun IS - 2 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 1983 SP - 219 EP - 24 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Electron microscopic study of Mycobacterium leprae membrane. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v51n2a11.pdf VL - 51 SN - 0148-916X ER -