title: [Cryofractographic study of intercellular junctions in the populations of agar-cultivated Bordetella pertussis].
abstract: The characteristic feature of replicas obtained from the freeze-fractures of B. pertussis unfixed cultures developing on casein charcoal agar for 1-7 days is the associative growth of highly polymorphic cells, ensured by the ramified system of intercellular connections (IC) formed by the derivatives of the outer layers of the cell wall. This proves that the associative location of bacterial cells, linked by numerous IC, in the preparation is not the artefact appearing in the process of their chemical fixation. In replicas obtained from the freeze-fractures of B. pertussis cultures, previously fixed with glutaraldehyde, osmic acid and uranyl acetate, oval cells with the cytoplasm having a relatively homogeneous structure and with the smoothed-out three-layer cell wall prevail. As a rule, IC are limited to the sites of direct contacts between individual cells.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Vysotskiĭ
authors.forename: I Sh
authors.initials: ISh
authors.lastname: Vaisman
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Efimova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Chemurzieva
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002364:Caseins; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002606:Charcoal; D003470:Culture Media; D005629:Frozen Sections; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D003470:Culture Media; D002606:Charcoal; D000362:Agar
vernacular_title: Kriofraktorgraficheskoe izuchenie mezhkletochnykh sviazeĭ v populiatsiiakh agarovykh kul'tur Bordetella pertussis.