Development of Streptococcal L-Form Colonies
AUTOR(ES)
Bibel, David J.
RESUMO
The development and architecture of L-form agar colonies produced from protoplasts and L-phase bodies were studied by both light and scanning electron microscopy. Agar blocks containing L-phase microcolonies of group A Streptococcus strains ADA and GL8 and group D Streptococcus strain F24 as well as longitudinal sections of mature colonies were used as samples. Initially, granules of about 0.5 μm in diameter were produced by multiple condensation and fragmentation of protoplasts and large bodies. Surface growth by granules ensued and infiltration into agar occurred only after 10 to 11 hr of incubation at 37 C. Club-shaped granules were noted and division seemed to take place by simple fission. The configuration of large bodies and granules in mature colonies suggested budding as another means of replication. Acellular spaces inside the colonies appeared to have been formed by lysis of large bodies or by the envelopment of space by the extending growth of minute granules. Whereas no significant strain variation was noted in colonies of less than 24 hr of incubation, fully mature colonies were differentiated on uniform media.
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