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Replicate Chlamydia Human In?  Obligate Intracellular It’s Can’t

Chlamydia is an obligate intracellular pathogen that needs to invade host cells to replicate because it cannot produce ATP.

Chlamydia, ATP üretemediği için replikasyon yapmak üzere konakçı hücrelere girmesi gereken zorunlu bir hücre içi patojendir.

Front Why does Chlamydia need a human to replicate in? 
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Obligate Intracellular = cant replicate on it’s own
- Can’t make ATP  invade epithelial cells in urethra

Tags: gram_neg

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