title: [The morphological characteristics of mucoid variants of Pseudomonas pseudomallei].
abstract: Two types of mucoid colonies formed by P. pseudomallei cultivated on solid culture media have been studied by the method of electron cytochemistry. The intercellular material of primary mucoid colonies has been found to positively react with ruthenium red, which is indicative of its polysaccharide nature. Slime is the product secreted by P. pseudomallei and participates in the formation of the pseudocapsule and colonies. The intercellular material seems to be a sum of biopolymers based on the products of destroyed bacterial cells.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kapliev
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Denisov
authors.forename: V Ia
authors.initials: VIa
authors.lastname: Kurilov
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003470:Culture Media; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000502:physiology; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; C025431:extracellular slime proteins, bacterial
vernacular_title: Morfologicheskaia kharakteristika slizistykh variantov Pseudomonas pseudomallei.