ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF CELLULAR DIVISION IN SARCINA LUTEA

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
An electron microscope study of ultrathin sections of osmium fixed, methacrylate embedded, and uranyl acetate stained dividing S. lutea revealed that cellular division occurs by centripetal growth of the cell wall material. The transverse septa of successive divisions are oriented perpendicular to one another. The daughter cells arising from a cellular division may or may not divide synchronously in subsequent divisions. S. lutea possesses a typical, low density bacterial nucleus. Occasionally, cytoplasmic inclusions maybe seen.
Keywords