Fine structure ofArthrobacter crystallopoietesduring long-term starvation of rod and spherical stage cells
作者:
Charles W. Boylen,
Jack L. Pate,
期刊:
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
(NRC Available online 1973)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 1
页码: 1-5
ISSN:0008-4166
年代: 1973
DOI:10.1139/m73-001
出版商: NRC Research Press
数据来源: NRC
摘要:
Actively growing spherical and rod-shaped cells ofArthrobacter crystallopoieteswere subjected to total starvation in buffer for 8 weeks. At intervals, thin sections of cells were prepared and examined by electron microscopy. Starving cells underwent no morphological changes that would account for their unusual survival capabilities. Cell size and shape remained unaltered. There was no thickening of the cell wall and no development of structures similar to those observed in spores or cysts. As the length of starvation increased, the following changes were observed; glycogen deposits disappeared, the number of ribosome particles decreased, the number of vesicular membranes increased within the cell, and the nucleoplasm expanded in volume to fill the emptying cytoplasm.
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