Is leprosy bacillus a chemo-autotrophic nocardioform organism?

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dc.contributor.authorPal, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarty, A Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorDastidar, S Gen_US
dc.date.accessioned1990-07-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T10:00:21Z
dc.date.available1990-07-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-28T10:00:21Z
dc.date.issued1990-07-01en_US
dc.description.abstractNumerous attempts at in vitro cultivation of the leprosy bacillus have all proved to be unsuccessful. Recently, we have repeatedly isolated chemo-autotrophic nocardioform (CAN) organisms in pure culture from multibacillary cases of leprosy. We find that these resemble the leprosy bacillus in many respects and suggest that the leprosy bacillus may be closer to the genus Nocardia than to Mycobacterium, and that it may be a chemo-autotroph, requiring only simple sources of carbon and nitrogen for its growth. This is in contrast to most other human pathogens, which are heterotrophs requiring complex sources of carbon and nitrogen for their growth. This could offer a possible explanation for the repeated failure at in vitro cultivation of the leprosy bacillus.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDept. of Microbiology, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPal D, Chakrabarty AN, Dastidar SG. Is leprosy bacillus a chemo-autotrophic nocardioform organism? Indian Journal of Leprosy. 1990 Jul-Sep; 62(3): 351-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/54713
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshLeprosy --microbiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMycobacterium leprae --classificationen_US
dc.subject.meshNocardia --classificationen_US
dc.subject.meshSpecies Specificityen_US
dc.titleIs leprosy bacillus a chemo-autotrophic nocardioform organism?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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