Ultrastructure of an anaerobic filamentous oral micro-organism.

نویسندگان

  • T Hofstad
  • K A Selvig
چکیده

Thin sections of an anaerobic filamentous oral organism possibly related to Leptotrichia buccalis have been examined in the electron microscope. The organism exhibited a cell wall profile characteristic of Gram-negative bacteria, viz. a solid membrane and an outer double-layered membrane. The outer membrane could be removed by treating intact cells with trypsin or phenolwater. The organism contained numerous intracytoplasmic vacuoles.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Isolation of an oral filamentous microorganism.

In the past, a wide variety of unrelated oral filamentous and rod shaped bacteria were placed either in the genera Leptothrix or Leptotrichia. The confusion resulted from meager studies of many of these organisms, inadequate generic descriptions, and use of the ill-defined word "filamentous." Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology in 1948 stated, "the genus Leptotrichia Trevisan, 1879 is...

متن کامل

Cell wall analysis of oral filamentous bacteria.

The cell wall compositions of 41 strains of oral filamentous bacteria belonging to the genera Fusobacterium, Leptotrichia and Bacterionema were examined by paper chromatography. Leptotrichia walls showed principally alanine, glutamic acid, DAP, glycine and aspartic acid. The genus Bacterionema had the same amino acids but aspartic acid appeared to be a minor component and was not detected in th...

متن کامل

AC TINOMYCOSIS: AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF ORAL SURGERY-A CASE REPORT

Actinomycosis, a rather uncommon infection of the oral cavity, poses and unusual problem: recurrence. Primary or initial diagnosis of the disease is difficult and can be made easier only if the clinician bears in mind a few important facts: a previously compromised site is usually present, a slow, low-grade, almost painless infectious course is prevalent which tends to localize, and respond...

متن کامل

Actinomycotic osteomyelitis in a child.

Contrary to what used to be the case, actinomycosis is now a rare disease and only infrequently mentioned in otolaryngological textbooks (Ballantyne, J. and Groves, J. 1979). The disease is a chronic suppurative infection caused by micro-organisms from the actinomyces group, most often israelii. Actinomyces species are all oral commensals. They are gram-positive, non acid-fast, anaerobic or mic...

متن کامل

Isolation of Herpetosiphon giganteus and Ultrastructure Analysis by Electron Microscopy

Herpetosiphon giganteus is a filamentous gliding bacterium. Gliding motility is the movement of the cells over surfaces without the aid of flagella. The mechanism responsible for bacterial gliding motility has not been known and there are only a few data on Herpetosiphon giganteus. The aim of this study was to observe the ultrastructure and negative staining of isolated strains of Herpetosiphon...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of general microbiology

دوره 57 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1969