Ultrastructure of Bacterial Cells Infected with Bacteriophage PM2, a Lipid-containing Bacterial Virus
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology
- Vol. 2 (1), 56-+
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.2.1.56-68.1968
Abstract
The cytological pattern of infection of a host pseudomonad with PM2, a lipid-containing bacterial virus, was investigated by electron microscopy. Normal and infected cells frequently contain a myelin figure, which is found in the nucleoid region or at the periphery of the cell. The most striking finding in this investigation was that completed virions are found in the cell adjacent to or in association with the cytoplasmic membrane. This localization is precise; virions are not found elsewhere in infected cells. The completed virions occasionally appear to be attached to the cytoplasmic membrane. The virus contains a darkly staining core surrounded by a tripartite envelope of a thickness of approximately 70 A, which is identical to the thickness of the cytoplasmic membrane. Lysing cells appear to undergo extensive damage of the cytoplasmic membrane prior to rupture of the L layer of the cell wall.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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