Mycobacterium leprae is difficult to cultivate but it can be grown _____.
A)on blood agar
B)in armadillos
C)in tissue culture
D)in embryonated eggs

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Mycobacterium leprae can be grown in armadillos which display similar clinical symptoms to leprosy patients. M. leprae is an obligate intracellular pathogen that can only grow within cells and cannot be grown on artificial media. While M. leprae has shown to grow in limited amount on embryonated eggs and tissue culture, the accuracy and reliability of these methods are low, whereas armadillos have been proven as a reliable and effective method to grow M. leprae.

Mycobacterium Leprae Is Difficult to Cultivate but It Can Be