Obligate intracellular pathogen

From WikiMD's Wellness Encyclopedia

microorganism that

antisera are added to neighboring wells in an agar

for the biosynthesis of nucleotides and amino acids;

cannot synthesize its own ATP and, therefore, must

gel, allowing visualization of precipitin arcs

also called the phosphogluconate pathway or the

rely on a host cell for energy; behaves like a parasite

hexose monophosphate shunt

when inside a host cell, but is metabolically inactive

Obligate intracellular pathogen Resources

Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD