Abstract:
:Attempts at improving chemical fixation for electron-microscopic observation of the capsule of Klebsiella pneumoniae were made. The capsule was preserved by using alcian blue - lanthanum and tris-(1-aziridinyl) phosphine oxide (TAPO) - aldehyde - osmium procedures. Despite the different retention of the overall capsular material and minor variations in morphological details, in both cases the interpretation of ultrastructural patterns suggested that the capsule be composed of a meshed network of thin polysaccharide fibrils radiating from the cell wall. This organization is in keeping with all recognized chemical properties of bacterial polysaccharide capsules or, at least, does not contradict them. Moreover, an effective preservation of bacterial structures other than capsule has been obtained, mostly in specimens fixed by the TAPO-aldehyde-osmium method, a fact which gives further reliability to the technical approach used for capsule visualization.
journal_name
Can J Microbioljournal_title
Canadian journal of microbiologyauthors
Cassone A,Garaci Edoi
10.1139/m77-102subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1977-06-01 00:00:00pages
684-9issue
6eissn
0008-4166issn
1480-3275journal_volume
23pub_type
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journal_title:Canadian journal of microbiology
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