ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
R-Bodies
;
Kappa particles
;
Free-living hydrogen bacteria
;
Induction
;
Electron microscopy
;
Chemical composition
;
Defective prophages
;
Plasmids
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract R-Bodies have been found in a recently isolated pseudomonas-like free-living hydrogen oxidizing bacterium. Their isolation, fine structure and chemical composition are described and compared with the R-bodies from the kappa particles (Caedobacter), obligate endosymbionts of Paramecium aurelia. The 2K 1 R-bodies exhibited essential characteristics of the kappa R-bodies; however, their size and some other structural aspects proved that they represent a new type of R-bodies. The presence of phage tail-like particles in cells induced with Mitomycin C is in favour of the hypothesis that the R-bodies might be coded by defective prophages, or by extrachromosomal elements.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00409199
