Abstract:
:The nucleoids in Mycoplasma capricolum cells were visualized by phase-combined fluorescence microscopy of DAPI (4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole)-stained cells. Most growing cells in a rich medium had one or two nucleoids in a cell, and no anucleate cells were found. The nucleoids were positioned in the center in mononucleoid cells and at one-quarter and three-quarters of the cell length in binucleoid cells. These formations may have the purpose of ensuring delivery of replicated DNA to daughter cells. Internucleoid distances in binucleoid cells correlated with the cell lengths, and the relationship of DNA content to cell length showed that cell length depended on DNA content in binucleoid cells but not in mononucleoid cells. These observations suggest that cell elongation takes place in combination with nucleoid movement. Lipid synthesis was inhibited by transfer of cells to a medium lacking supplementation for lipid synthesis. The transferred cells immediately stopped dividing and elongated while regular spaces were maintained between the nucleoids for 1 h. After 1 h, the cells changed their shapes from rod-like to round, but the proportion of multinucleoid cells increased. Inhibition of protein synthesis by chloramphenicol induced nucleoid condensation and abnormal positioning, although partitioning was not inhibited. These results suggest that nucleoid partitioning does not require lipid or protein synthesis, while regular positioning requires both. When DNA replication was inhibited, the cells formed branches, and the nucleoids were positioned at the branching points. A model for the reproduction process of M. capricolum, including nucleoid migration and cell division, is discussed.
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J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Seto S,Miyata Mdoi
10.1128/JB.181.19.6073-6080.1999keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-10-01 00:00:00pages
6073-80issue
19eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
181pub_type
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