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The following are characteristics of chlamydias except ________. their elementary bodies are the infectious form they are obligate parasites that need host cells for growth they are gram-negative the formation of elementary bodies is not part of the life cycle their reticulate bodies differentiate into elementary bodies

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Answer: the formation of elementary bodies is not part of the life cycle

Explanation:

Some of the characteristics of chlamydias include:

• Chlamydias are gram-negative

• They are also obligate parasites and they need the cells of their host for growth

• The infectioua form are their elementary bodies.

• The reticulate bodies of the chlamydias differentiate into the elementary bodies.

Therefore, the option that isn't a characteristic is that the formation of elementary bodies is not part of the life cycle.