0
What is the cell morphology and cell arrangement of mycobacterium tuberculosis?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Weakly gram-positive, strongly acid-fast, aerobic bacilli (rod). Lipid-rich cell wall, making the organism resistant to disinfectants, detergents, common antimicrobial drugs and traditional stains.
Capable of intracellular growth in inactivated alveolar macrophages.
Disease primarily from host response to infection.
Arranged in colonies
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoWeakly gram-positive, strongly acid-fast, aerobic bacilli (rod). Lipid-rich cell wall, making the organism resistant to disinfectants, detergents, common antimicrobial drugs and traditional stains.
Capable of intracellular growth in inactivated alveolar macrophages.
Disease primarily from host response to infection. Mycobacterium is an acid fast gram positive (+) organism that can not be gram stained because of its its waxy wall(mycolic acid). The morphology of such organism is clumpy or red Y and V rods arrangement.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Where does Mycobacterium tuberculosis hide?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not hide; it simply has a coating that makes it hard to detect. This waxy coating on its cell surface makes the cell impervious to gram staining.
What is the difference between morphology and growth arrangement?
Morphology: branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms. Growth Arrangement: how the cell's of the bacteria are arranged
Why is mycobacterium tuberculosis considered acid fast?
Saprophytic mycobacteria are acid fast and do not cause serious disease.
Does the ability of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell to infect a new host depend on its drug-resistant phenotype?
No, drug-susceptible cells and drug-resistant cells are equally likely to infect a new host.
What color is mycobacterium smegmatis?
The cell size of Mycobacterium smegmatis ranges from 3-5 micrometers.
Which bacteria do not have cell wall?
mycoplasma do not have a cell wall
What is a bacterial genus that has waxy mycolic acid in the cell walls?
Mycobacterium
What are mycobacterium?
Mycobacterium are a species of aerobic, non-motile bacteria which cause intestinal diseases in humans. The 'myco' in the name refers to the waxy compounds in their cell wall.
What lacks a cell wall borrelia mycoplasma mycobacteriu clostridium nocardia?
mycobacterium
What shape is Rhodospirillum rubrum?
The cell morphology can be spiral or rod shape.
What determines the shape or form of erythrocytes?
Red Blood Cell Morphology
Which of the following organisms lack a cell wall?
Animals have Cell coats made from phospho-gluconates; along with other biochemical moieties.
