This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Yolton, D. P. Articles by Rode, L. J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Yolton, D. P. Articles by Rode, L. J.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

J Bacteriol. 1968 January; 95(1): 231-238
Copyright © 1968 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Further Electron Microscope Characterization of Spore Appendages of Clostridium bifermentans

¹ Department of Microbiology and Electron Microscope Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

ABSTRACT

Two distinct spore appendage types of Clostridium bifermentans, a pinlike appendage and a tubular appendage, were studied by electron microscopy. The pinlike appendage is characterized by a shaft, about 100 A in diameter, which has a lobed caplike structure. The tubular appendage, 500 to 600 A in diameter, is characterized by a hirsute region consisting of small filaments or fibrils. Gross morphology and ultrastructural features of both types are described.