Changes in Cell Size and Flagellation in the Phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci Cultured in vitro and in planta: A Comparative Electron Microscope Study
Changes in Cell Size and Flagellation in the Phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci Cultured in vitro and in planta: A Comparative Electron Microscope Study
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植物病原体丁香假单胞菌细胞大小和鞭毛的变化。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0434.1989.tb01063.x
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
M. Elmasry
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作者:
D. Sigee;M. Elmasry
In parallel experiments, cells of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci were infiltrated into tobacco leaves (to determine bacterial changes occurring in planta) and inoculated into nutrient broth (to make comparative observations on cells cultured in vitro). In each case, details of surface structure, bacterial size and flagellation were determined in a sequence of samples by transmission electron microscopy of whole mount stained and unstained preparations.
In both in planta and in vitro environments, bacterial population showed a clear phase of exponential increase. In each case, bacterial size was highest during the early part of the multiplication phase, then decreased during the rest of the multiplication period. In each case also, the proportion of cells with flagella showed a similar trend - with an initial decrease after infiltration, followed by a major increase during the phase of bacterial multiplication. These results suggest that changes in bacterial size and flagellation in planta relate directly to the growth phase of the population, and are therefore determined primarily by internal cellular (endogenous) factors - rather than by external factors within the leaf environment.