The following are characteristics of Chlamydias except:

A. gram negative
B. obligate parasites that need host cells for growth
C. elementary bodies are the infectious form
D. elementary bodies lack enzyme systems for making ATP
E. reticulate bodies differentiate into elementary bodies


Answer: D. elementary bodies lack enzyme systems for making ATP

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