Effect of copper sulfate on the morphologic transition of a strain ofMethanomonas margaritae

Autor: Kiyoshi Takeda, Toshichika Ohtomo, Hiroshi Iizuka
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: European Journal of Applied Microbiology. 4:267-272
ISSN: 1432-0614
0340-2118
DOI: 10.1007/bf00931263
Popis: With a methane oxidizing strain ofMethanomonas margaritae requirement of copper sulfate for the multiplication of cells was observed. When the organisms were cultured in a medium containing both copper and methane, cell growth was parallel to the consumption of copper sulfate in the medium. Also, using ultrathin sections, intracellular structure of the strain was investigated. When organisms were cultured in the medium, organella-like extra large cysts with double membrane and/or multilayered peripheral membrane were observed within the cell. However, only vesicles were shown in those organisms grown in copper sulfate-deficient media.
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