[Cytological characteristics of the thermophilic bacterium Thermus ruber].
The obligate thermophilic bacterium Thermus ruber 12b was examined using optical and electron microscopy. Its cells were shown to be polymorphous. In a liquid medium, the cells associate yielding complex spherical bodies having a surface layer in common and complexes consisting of two or more cells but without a common envelope. A large nucleoid is located in the central part of the cells; it contains polyphosphate granules. Fat inclusions and analogues of mitochondria with dehydrogenase activity typical of them can be detected at the periphery. The cell wall consists of a folded outer membrane, an underlying fibrillar material, and a thin rigid layer. Peculiar adhesion zones appear between the outer membrane and the rigid layer in places where folds are formed. An electron-dense substance is deposited on the surface of the three-layer cytoplasmic membrane.
D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009940:Organoids / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013824:Thermus / Q000166:cytology*
D003470:Culture Media
Tsitologicheskaia kharakteristika termofil'noĭ bakterii Thermus ruber.