Published December 23, 2013 // JCB vol. 203 no. 6 1081-1097
The Rockefeller University Press, doi: 10.1083/jcb.201304095

Filamentous morphology of bacteria delays the timing of phagosome morphogenesis in macrophages

Video 7.
Replication of long Lp02 filaments inside RAW macrophages. RAW cells were infected with Lp02. 10 h after initiation of phagocytosis, external bacteria were immunolabeled and cells were moved to a pre-warmed microscope stage. Infected cells were identified and intracellular survival of individual bacteria assessed by time-lapse live-cell video microscopy using a spinning disc confocal microscope and EM-CCD camera (Quorum Technologies Inc.). Long Lp02 filaments replicated inside RAW cells, leading to cell lysis and escape of bacillary progeny. Images were acquired every 45 min for 15 h and movie is played at 5 frames per second. Related to Fig. 9.