Electron Micrograph Study of the Asci and Ascospores of Metschnikowia Kamienski

AUTOR(ES)

Talens, L. T.

RESUMO

Internal and surface structures of asci and ascospores were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to establish the character and number of ascospores within the ascus of Metschnikowia krissii. Enzyme digestion with snail gut enzymes and SEM examination suggested the presence of a single ascospore enclosed in a thick sheath of epiplasmic materials. Two closely associated ascospores without an epiplasmic sheath were clearly distinguishable from asci of M. bicuspidata var. chathamia when similarly treated. Ultramicrotomy and TEM established conclusively that M. krissii produced a single ascospore per ascus. Neither SEM nor TEM revealed any morphological detail of the ascospores of taxonomic significance.

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