Morphological Phenomena Associated with Penicillinase Induction and Secretion in Bacillus licheniformis
AUTOR(ES)
Ghosh, B. K.
RESUMO
Cells of uninduced Bacillus licheniformis (strain 749) in mid-logarithmic phase have no extensive intracytoplasmic membrane. After induction with cephalosporin C, characteristic organelles that contain tubules and vesicles with single-layered membranes and no visible internal substructure can be seen in thin sections in the periplasm. A magnoconstitutive penicillinase producer (749/C) contains similar structures. It is suggested that they represent a penicillinase secretory apparatus. In the first 15 min after induction, negatively stained preparations of induced 749 show large intracellular vesicles without individual contact with the cell surface. Negatively stained 749/C and fully induced 749 contain invaginations comparable to the structures seen in thin sections. When protoplasts of induced 749 and of 749/C are prepared, vesicles and tubules similar to those seen in thin sections of whole cells are liberated from the cell. Growing protoplasts of induced 749 show massive convolutions of the peripheral membrane, multiple layers of membrane, and characteristic long, slender tubules extending from the protoplast surface. These phenomena are not observed in uninduced 749 except for the production of a relatively small number of tubules. In 749/C, there were fewer convolutions than in induced 749, although tubule production was similar. Multiple layers of membrane were not observed in 749/C. The relation of the penicillinase secretory structures to mesosomes and to secretory structures of other organisms is discussed.
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