MYCOBACTERUM TUBERCULOSIS

CHARACTERISTIC EXPLANATION

NUTRITION Heterotrophic nutrition

-Parasitic nutrition which relay on their host which
are human and armadillo. Mycobactrium possess
special membrane on host cell walls to allow
nutrients to diffuse through. Then, the sugar
consume from host metabolize which turned into
polysaccharides and stored until needed.

REPRODUCTION  Mycobacterium tuberculosis reproduce

through asexual process called binary fission
 Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a slow growing
aerobic bacterium that divides every 16 to 20
hours
 Therefore , it has an extremely slow rate of cell
division compared with other bacteria , which
usually divide once less than an hour
 Mycobacterium tuberculosis has all necessary
genetic materials to reproduce so it does not
require a host

IMPORTANT  Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a pathogenic

bacteria , which is a causative agent of
Tuberculosis
 Tuberculosis is a contagious infection disease
that usually attacks lungs
 The bacteria are taken up by alveolar
macrophages which cannot digest pathogens
 The bacteria multiply within the macrophages ,
forming small nodular growth in the lung
tissue
 This causes tissue death and forms of cavities
in lungs
 Tuberculosis may become a chronic illness and
cause extensive scarring in the lungs