MEMBRANE MODULATION IN A METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM METHYLOCOCCUS-CAPSULATUS (TEXAS) AS A FUNCTION OF GROWTH SUBSTRATE

被引:27
作者
HYDER, SL [1 ]
MEYERS, A [1 ]
CAYER, ML [1 ]
机构
[1] PAPANICOLAOU CANC RES INST,MIAMI,FL 33123
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0040-8166(79)90017-X
中图分类号
R602 [外科病理学、解剖学]; R32 [人体形态学];
学科分类号
100101 ;
摘要
Methylococcus capsulatus (Texas), when grown on methane, undergoes with age a progressive degeneration of internal membrane structure with a simultaneous accumulation of intracellular inclusions. When M. capsulatus is grown on methanol, virtually no internal membranes are present but, instead, cells contain many intracellular droplets morphologically similar to inclusions in old methane-grown cells. Membranes are regenerated by the cells when a methanol-grown culture is transferred back to methane. The oxidative ability of methane- and methanol-grown cells was compared. © 1979.
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