title: Scanning electron microscopy of the rat tongue mucosa with special attention to the bacteria on epithelial cell membranes.
abstract: The authors examined the filiform and fungiform papillae surfaces of rat tongue by scanning electron microscopy showing the numerous groupings of bacteria on the epithelial cell membranes. The fungiform papillae were round in shape and present few bacteria. The epithelial cell of filiform papillae revealed numerous streptococci. The grouping of the bacteria are attached on the epithelial cell membrane, demonstrating three-dimensional SEM images.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Motoyama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semprini
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Iyomasa
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Mizusaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014059:Tongue / Q000166:cytology*