Freeze-etching of the cell envelope of an Acinetobacter species which carries a regular array of surface subunits.

Abstract:

:Freeze-etching was applied to preparations, with and without glycerol, of Acinetobacter sp. strain MJT/F5/199A, consisting of intact cells after normal growth or after incubation with chloramphenicol, spheroplasts, and isolated cell walls and outer membranes. Etched preparations show that a regular array of subunits forms the surface of normal cells. Near the zones of constriction in dividing cells, blebs and irregularities are seen, and some blebs, consisting of both surface subunits and outer membrane, are released from the cells. The cross-fractured cell envelope shows four layers which are related to the structures seen in section as follows: cw1, which is not visible in section, contains the surface subunits; cw2 consists of all or part of the outer membrane; cw3 includes the intermediate and dense, peptidoglycan-containing layers; within these cell wall layers is the plasma membrane. Internal fracture of the plasma membrane occurs under all conditions tested, but the fracture plane in the cell wall is only revealed in chloramphenicol-treated cells or normal cells freeze-fractured with glycerol present; the characteristic fracture faces are not seen in spheroplasts or isolated outer membranes. The concave fracture face cw2 consists of densely packed granules, while the convex face cw3 is fibrillar. The probable location of this fracture plane is discussed. After incubation with chloramphenicol, the outer surface of the cells is obscured by extracellular material, the dense peptidoglycan-containing layer is increased in thickness, and the cytoplasm contains rounded bodies bounded by one or more unit membranes.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Sleytr UB,Thornley MJ

doi

10.1128/JB.116.3.1383-1397.1973

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1973-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1383-97

issue

3

eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

116

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