RUPTURE OF BACTERIA BY EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION
| Autor: | Robert M. Cowan, John W. Foster, Ted A. Maag |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1962 |
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Glycerol
aviation Staphylococcus aureus Nitrogen Brucella abortus Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Eimeria Cell wall Blast Injuries Cell Wall medicine Centrifugation Molecular Biology Explosive Decompression Serratia marcescens Bacteria Articles Decompression Explosive biology.organism_classification aviation.accident_type Saturation (chemistry) |
| Popis: | Foster, John W. (University of Georgia, Athens), Robert M. Cowan, and Ted A. Maag . Rupture of bacteria by explosive decompression. J. Bacteriol. 83: 330–334. 1962.—A device is described for instantaneously rupturing bacteria and other cells in a closed system under controlled conditions by explosive decompression. With this device, 31 to 59% of Serratia marcescens , ranging up to 20 mg (dry wt) of cells per ml, were ruptured after nitrogen saturation at 1740 psi. Under similar conditions, 10 to 25% of Brucella abortus and Staphylococcus aureus were ruptured. Rupture of these organisms produced readily separable cell walls. Centrifugation in linear glycerol gradients was applied to further separate cell walls from debris. Mycoplasma gallinarum, Leptospira pomona , and Eimeria tenella (avian coccidia) oöcysts were also broken up by the decompression chamber. Pressure and duration of saturation of cells with gas affected rupture efficiency. Within the limits of this study, concentration of organisms and volume of suspensions did not have a definite effect. |
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