title: Electron microprobe X-ray analysis of polyphosphate granules in Plesiomonas shigelloides.
abstract: Electron-dense inclusion bodies were found in most Plesiomonas shigelloides cells, regardless of the incubation time. At the 4-hr incubation period, the size of inclusion bodies was distributed in the range of 50 to 150 nm in diameter, and at the logarithmic phase of growth it increased up to a size visible by light microscope. By an electron microprobe X-ray analysis, phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium were detected in the inclusion bodies which confirms the assumption of Pastian and Bromel (Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 47: 216 (1984] that the inclusion bodies have a very similar elemental composition to the polyphosphate granules of C. diphtheriae.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratories, Akita University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000032:analysis; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000032:analysis*; D011122:Polyphosphates / Q000032:analysis*; D011548:Pseudomonadaceae / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011122:Polyphosphates