Spore-like Structures in the Tubercle Bacillus

Role of Bacillus anthracis spore structures in macrophage cytokine responses.

The innate immune response of macrophages (Mphi) to spores, the environmentally acquired form of Bacillus anthracis, is poorly characterized. We therefore examined the early Mphi cytokine response to B. anthracis spores, before germination. Mphi were exposed to bacilli and spores of Sterne strain 34F2 and its congenic nongerminating mutant (DeltagerH), and cytokine expression was measured by re...

Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus

molecular systematics terminology and explains how phylogenetic relationships among species are inferred from molecular data. I wish every traditional taxonomist and systematist would read this chapter. This book contains a few misspellings (e.g., the chapter title in the Table of

The Filtrable Phase of the Tubercle Bacillus

were filtered through Chamberland L3 candle > and inoculated subcutaneously into guinea-p1^ In these ten experiments passages were ma , from guinea-pig to guinea-pig with emulsion lymph glands and spleens of the previous inoculated animals which were killed at reguia^ intervals and carefully examined for the Pre , ence of acid-fast bacilli. These were detecte in the whole series in 66 out of 19...

Bacillus subtilis spore coat.

In response to starvation, bacilli and clostridia undergo a specialized program of development that results in the production of a highly resistant dormant cell type known as the spore. A proteinacious shell, called the coat, encases the spore and plays a major role in spore survival. The coat is composed of over 25 polypeptide species, organized into several morphologically distinct layers. Th...

Immunizing constituents of the tubercle bacillus.