Surface layers of Xanthomonas malvacearum, the cause of bacterial blight of cotton.
Folia Microbiol (Praha)
; 26(2): 120-3, 1981.
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ABSTRACT
Mureins were isolated from two strains of Xanthomonas malvacearum, a phytopathogenic bacterium causing bacterial blight of cotton. The purity of murein was 70-95 % and the amino acid and amino sugar components (glutamic acid, alanina, meso-disminopimelic acid, muramic acid and glucosamine) were present at the molar ratio of 11.91l.12.0.85. The bacterium secreted a copious amount of slime which masked itd surface structure. The slime was composed of densley interwoven network of filamentous material originating from the cell surface and extended into the medium without and discernable boundary. The slime was secreted through surface layers pores by force, giving the effect of a spray or jet. Slime also played a role in chain formatin of baterial cells.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças das Plantas
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Xanthomonas
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Peptidoglicano
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Gossypium
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1981
Tipo de documento:
Article