Variations in Mycoplasma morphology induced by long-chain fatty acids
| Autor: | B. J. Cosenza, S. Razin, M. E. Tourtellotte |
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| Rok vydání: | 1966 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Photomicrography Morphology (linguistics) Strain (chemistry) Lipid composition Fatty Acids Mycoplasma sp Fatty acid Mycoplasma Palmitic Acids Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Lipids Culture Media Cell membrane medicine.anatomical_structure Biochemistry chemistry Cell Wall medicine Long chain Stearic Acids |
| Zdroj: | Journal of general microbiology. 42(1) |
| ISSN: | 0022-1287 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY: Addition of unsaturated long-chain fatty acids to tryptose broth improved growth of Mycoplasma laidlawii and induced the formation of very long and highly branched filaments by this organism. Most filaments were composed of small coccoid bodies. The saturated long-chain fatty acids, in a similar concentration, did not produce this effect; palmitic and stearic acids inhibited growth. Similar, but less striking results were obtained with M. gallisepticum and Mycoplasma sp. strain 14. The possibility that the morphological variations reflect changes in the lipid composition of the cell membrane is discussed. |
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