Ultrastructure of the cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane of gram-negative bacteria with different fixation techniques.

Abstract:

:The ultrastructure of the cytoplasmic membrane and cell wall of two strains of Escherichia coli, Proteus morganii, P. vulgaris, Acinetobacter anitratum, Moraxella lacunata, Erwinia amylovora, Acinetobacter sp., and of a plant pathogen, unclassified gram-negative, fixed by the Ryter-Kellenberger procedure, was found to be significantly affected by the use or omission of the uranyl postfixation included in that procedure, and by the presence or absence of calcium in the OsO(4) fixative. The omission of the uranyl treatment results in a less clear profile of both the outer membrane of the cell wall and of the cytoplasmic membrane. The observation of these two membranes is further limited when both uranyl and calcium are omitted. The R-layer and the material covering the surface of the cell wall appear more distinct when the uranyl postfixation is not used. Evidence is given suggesting that the influence of uranyl and calcium ions on the appearance of the outer and cytoplasmic membranes would be primarily due to their action as fixatives, whereas the influence of uranyl on the appearance of the R-layer would be due to a direct action on the peptidoglycan component of this layer. When uranyl acetate is used as a section stain after the embedding in plastic, it improves the observation of the R-layer. In this case, a well contrasted R-layer is consistently observed in all strains studied, provided that the postfixation has been omitted. The frequent difficulty in clearly observing the R-layer in many published micrographs probably results from the common use of uranyl postfixation.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Silva MT,Sousa JC

doi

10.1128/JB.113.2.953-962.1973

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1973-02-01 00:00:00

pages

953-62

issue

2

eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

113

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