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. 1973 Nov;116(2):1011–1018. doi: 10.1128/jb.116.2.1011-1018.1973

Ultrastructure and Capsule of Mycoplasma meleagridis

Frederick Green III a,1, Robert P Hanson a
PMCID: PMC285476  PMID: 4126825

Abstract

The ultrastructural study of Mycoplasma meleagridis utilized the electron microscope techniques of sectioning, histochemical staining, critical-point drying, and freeze etching. The predominant morphotype was a spherical form ranging in diameter from 200 to 700 nm. The other morphotypes were dumbbell-shaped cells interconnected by membranous tubules, and chains of streptococcal-like cells. These forms suggest replication by binary fission. An extracellular structure in the form of a capsular matrix was observed by staining with ruthenium red and potassium tellurite, and was also seen in specimens prepared by critical-point drying and freeze etching.

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