Electron microscopy of Staphylococcus aureus cells and cell walls after treatment with lysozyme Chalaropsis.
Lysozyme Chalaropsis, a beta-1,4-N,6-O-diacetylmuramidase, attacks the cell wall murein of Staphylococcus aureus H in a random manner. In hypertonic sucrose solutions, true protoplasts are produced and, in the process, mesosomal tubules are extruded into the medium.
D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000201:enzymology; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000378:metabolism; D011523:Protoplasts; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013395:Sucrose
D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D013395:Sucrose; D009113:Muramidase