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Grow only inside the cell,cannot be cultured in vitro?
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| milu
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actully i wanted to ask is that what do they need from the host cell????
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Mitochondria????
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| Dr. Hussam
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rickettsia needs CoA and NAD,it produces a little ATP by itself, but consumes cell's ATP as well.
Chlamydia doesn't produce ATP at all, so it depends on that from the cell.
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| milu
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and why are they called obligate intracellular parasite?
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Because they can only reproduce if they enter another cell....
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