Chapter 6, Problem 18CT

Summary Introduction

To answer:

The reason why the bacterium Treponema pallidum is unable to be cultured in a laboratory medium.

Introduction:

For culturing any microbe in a laboratory condition, the culture media contain the required nutrients. The physical requirements such as temperature and oxygen should be provided to the growing microbe for its survival and growth. Most of the microbes have never been grown in any culture media.