| Description: | The bacterium that causes leprosy; two key characteristics of this bacterium is that it multiplies very slowly (about once every two weeks) and has never been grown in a tissue culture.
Reference:
Grice, Gordon 2000. Where Leprosy Lurks Discover Vol. 21 No. 11http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-00/features/featprosy/?page=2 |