Wirth, Reinhard and Bellack, Annett and Bertl, Markus and Bilek, Yvonne and Heimerl, Thomas and Herzog, Bastian and Leisner, Madeleine and Probst, Alexander and Rachel, Reinhard and Sarbu, Christina and Schopf, Simone and Wanner, Gerhard (2011) The Mode of Cell Wall Growth in Selected Archaea Is Similar to the General Mode of Cell Wall Growth in Bacteria as Revealed by Fluorescent Dye Analysis. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 77 (5). pp. 1556-1562. ISSN 0099-2240,
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The surfaces of 8 bacterial and 23 archaeal species, including many hyperthermophilic Archaea, could be stained using succinimidyl esters of fluorescent dyes. This allowed us for the first time to analyze the mode of cell wall growth in Archaea by subculturing stained cells. The data obtained show that incorporation of new cell wall material in Archaea follows the pattern observed for Bacteria: in the coccoid species Pyrococcus furiosus incorporation was in the region of septum formation while for the rod-shaped species Methanopyrus kandleri and Methanothermus sociabilis, a diffuse incorporation of cell wall material over the cell length was observed. Cell surface appendages like fimbriae/pili, fibers, or flagella were detectable by fluorescence staining only in a very few cases although their presence was proven by electron microscopy. Our data in addition prove that Alexa Fluor dyes can be used for in situ analyses at temperatures up to 100 degrees C.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SP-NOV REPRESENTS; PYROCOCCUS-FURIOSUS; DIVISION MACHINERY; BACILLUS-SUBTILIS; FILAMENTS; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 11:45 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 11:45 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/21202 |
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