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J Bacteriol. 1972 January; 109(1): 399-408
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Development of Respiration and Mitochondria in Mucor genevensis After Anaerobic Growth: Absence of Glucose Repression

G. D. Clark-Walker

Department of Developmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia

ABSTRACT

Respiration and mitochondria in Mucor genevensis, a facultatively anaerobic dimorphic mold, have been studied in aerobically and anaerobically grown cells and in anaerobically grown cells adapting to aerobic conditions. Respiration in hyphae continues at a high level during aerobic growth but drops rapidly on exhaustion of glucose. In anaerobically grown yeastlike cells, containing no recognizable aerobic cytochromes, a small cyanide-insensitive respiration occurs. Mitochondria with well defined cristae are visible in negative contrast after KMnO4 fixation of stringently anaerobic cells containing low amounts of fatty acid of which 10% or less are unsaturated. On aeration of anaerobically grown cells, respiratory capacity and cytochromes develop rapidly, even in the presence of 10% glucose, indicating that glucose does not repress development of respiration. However, mycelium formation by adapting yeastlike cells is repressed by high glucose concentration. In adapting cells, apparent changes in mitochondrial ultrastructure appear to be more related to changes in fixation properties of cells than to changes in the structure of mitochondria.

J Bacteriol. 1972 January; 109(1): 399-408
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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