title: Electron microscopic characteristics of actinomycetic agents having aetiological association with human leprosy and epizootic ulcerative syndrome of fish.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Calcutta University College of Medicine, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dastidar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014456:Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*