Surface morphology of peritoneal macrophages during the attachment of Brucella melitensis.
When macrophages from immunized rabbits are in the act of phagocytosis of the homologous organism, the macrophages are seen by scanning electron microscopy to possess undulating membranes and microvilli at various stages of formation and spatial relationships to the organisms.
D000818:Animals; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011817:Rabbits