Electron Microscopy of the Lysis of Staphylococcus aureus Cell Walls by Aeromonas Lytic Factor
AUTOR(ES)
Gilbo, C. M.
RESUMO
Isolated and purified cell walls of Staphylococcus aureus were treated with a purified fraction of the culture supernatant fluid of a species of Aeromonas. The course of lysis of the cell walls was followed over a period of time by examination of samples under an electron microscope. The undifferentiated cell wall was rapidly digested, but the equatorial rings were more resistant. The undifferentiated cell wall became a very thin sheet before completely dissolving, leaving a series of equatorial rings of various widths. As digestion proceeded, solubilization of the entire cell wall occurred. Analogous findings were obtained with purified S. aureus mucopeptide. It is concluded that the Aeromonas lytic principle is an enzyme, and that susceptible bonds are more concentrated in the undifferentiated cell wall mucopeptide.
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