Nucleoid release from Escherichia coli cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Materman, E C

RESUMO

The time course of morphological changes during lysis of Escherichia coli cells was examined with respect to an undisturbed release of nucleoids. The addition of detergents to plasmolyzed, osmotic sensitive cells resulted in the immediate reversal of plasmolysis followed by the appearance of rod-shaped ghost cells without any detectable spheroplast formation. Electron microscopic examination of the rod-shaped ghost cells revealed a zonal gap in the cell envelope, allowing the free release of the nucleoid. Due to the high ionic strength, a suitable cell lysis was shown to require higher incubation temperatures. However, in the absence of an appropriate control this may result in the sphering and vesiculation of ghost cell envelopes and even the unfolding of released nucleoids. To avoid this unfavorable consequence of lysis at high temperatures, a microscopic examination on the course of rod-shaped ghost formation is suggested.

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