Which of the following statements is NOT correct regarding the life cycle of Chlamydia?

A) Elementary bodies are taken up by the host cells via endocytosis.
B) Reticulate bodies differentiate from elementary bodies outside the host cell.
C) A reticulate body may persist in the host cell for long periods.
D) Reticulate bodies replicate and develop into elementary bodies.
E) Elementary bodies are metabolically inert with a compacted chromosome, resembling spores.