title: [The ultrastructural characteristics of Francisella tularensis interaction with Tetrahymena pyriformis].
abstract: The electron-microscopic study of the interaction of F. tularensis virulent and attenuated strains with infusoria of the species T. pyriformis was dynamically studied. In this study the structural changes of F. tularensis and T. pyriformis cells, as well as their capacity for survival, were revealed. The data on their ultrastructure correlated with the dynamics of the number of both F. tularensis and T. pyriformis: during the whole term of observation the tendency to a slow decrease in the number of F. tularensis was registered with the concentration of T. pyriformis remaining stable. The interaction of F. tularensis with T. pyriformis may be regarded as a variant of commensal, but not antagonistic interactions.
authors.affiliation: Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Konstantinova
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kormilitsyna
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Didenko
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Meshcheriakova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013769:Tetrahymena pyriformis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013997:Time Factors; D014774:Virulence; D014871:Water Microbiology
vernacular_title: Ul'trastrukturnye osobennosti vzaimodeĭstviia Francisella tularensis s Tetrahymena pyriformis.