Detection of fibrils associated with Rickettsia rickettsii.

Abstract:

:The ultrastructural appearance of the "halozone" formed at the interface between the spotted fever agent Rickettsia rickettsii and the cytoplasm of persistently infected cultured vole cells (Microtus pennsylvanicus) was studied by transmission electron microscopy. In sections of epoxy-embedded specimens stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate, the halozone appeared clear and devoid of ultrastructural features. However, when unembedded preparations of whole infected cells were examined at 1,000 kV, fine structural features were observed within the halozone. These features, associated with the rickettsial outer membrane, were more clearly detectable when the infected cells were extracted with the detergent Triton X-100 before fixation. Under such conditions, long extensions of the rickettsial outer membrane, microfilament-like structures attached to that membrane, and extensive attachments between adjacent rickettsiae were seen. The fine structural features within the rickettsial halozone were also seen at 75 kV when unembedded sections were prepared from polyethylene glycol-embedded specimens. Thus, epoxy-embedding medium obscures the fine structural features within the halozone surrounding the rickettsiae in infected cells.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Todd WJ,Burgdorfer W,Wray GP

doi

10.1128/IAI.41.3.1252-1260.1983

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1252-60

issue

3

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

41

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