Surface Structure of Intact Cells and Spheroplasts of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
AUTOR(ES)
Weiss, Richard L.
RESUMO
This report describes the ultrastructural features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa after freeze-etching of intact cells and enzymatically prepared spheroplasts. Freeze-etching of intact cells revealed two convex layers of the cell wall and particles within the hydrophobic interior of the cell membrane. Areas of the membrane free of particles were sometimes elevated in the form of rather large dome-shaped structures. Spheroplasts were formed from intact cells by the addition of trypsin to a reaction mixture of lysozyme and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Spheroplasts contained the outer lipoid layer of the cell wall. It was possible to observe this cell wall layer in freeze-etch preparations of spheroplasts. The spheroplast membrane like that of intact cells was cleaved along a central plane to expose particles and particle-free areas.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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