Ultrastructure of the haustorium of the peanut late leaf spot fungus Cercosporidium personatum

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1198-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Mims ◽  
E. S. Luttrell ◽  
S. C. Alderman
Keyword(s):  
Host Cell ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Cercosporidium Personatum ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Biotrophic Fungi ◽  
Leaf Spot Fungus ◽  
Extrahaustorial Matrix ◽  
Cell Protoplast

Data from scanning and transmission electron microscopic observations support light microscopic reports of the production of haustoria by the hemibiotrophic fungus Cercosporidium personatum. The trunklike base of the haustorium extended a short distance into the host cell where it formed three to five slightly thinner primary branches. These branches terminated in multiple, smaller, mostly opposite branch tips that gave the end of the haustorium a coralloid appearance. The morphology of this haustorium was distinctly different from the more extensively studied haustoria of various biotrophic fungi. Haustoria of C. personatum were observed in both living and dead host cells. In living cells an extrahaustorial matrix and extrahaustorial membrane separated the haustorium wall from the host cell protoplast. In dead cells the extrahaustorial membrane was absent. Haustoria in dead cells remained intact and appeared healthy.

Structure and host–actinomycete interactions in developing root nodules of Comptonia peregrina

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 502-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Newcomb ◽  
R. L. Peterson ◽  
Dale Callaham ◽  
John G. Torrey
Keyword(s):  
Host Cell ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Cortical Cells ◽  
Host Cytoplasm ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Microscopic Studies ◽  
Host Plasma Membrane ◽  
Soil Actinomycete

Correlated fluorescence, bright-field, transmission electron, and scanning electron microscopic studies were made on developing root nodules of Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. (Myricaceae) produced by a soil actinomycete which invades the root and establishes a symbiosis leading to fixation of atmospheric dinitrogen. After entering the host via a root hair infection, the hyphae of the endophyte perforate root cortical cells by local degradation of host cell walls and penetration of the host cytoplasm. The intracellular hyphae are always surrounded by host plasma membrane and a thick polysaccharide material termed the capsule. (For convenience, term intracellular refers to the endophyte being inside a Comptonia cell as distinguished from being intercellular, i.e.. between host cells, even though the former is actually extracellular as the endophyte is separated from the host cytoplasm by the host plasmalemma.) Numerous profiles of vesiculate rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) occur near the growing hyphae. Although the capsule shows a positive Thiery reaction indicating its polysaccharide nature, the fibrillar contents of the RER do not, leaving uncertain whether the capsule results from polymers derived from the RER. Amyloplasts of the cortical cells lose their starch deposits during hyphal proliferation. The hyphae branch extensively in specific layers of the cortex, penetrating much of the host cytoplasm. At this stage, hyphal ends become swollen and form septate club-shaped vesicles within the periphery of the host cells. Lipid-like inclusions and Thiery-positive particles, possibly glycogen, are observed in the hyphae at this time. Associated with hyphal development is an increase in average host cell volume, although nuclear volume appears to remain constant. Concomitant with vesicle maturation, the mitochondrial population increases sharply, suggesting a possible relationship to vesicle function. The intimate interactions between host and endophyte during development of the symbiotic relationship are emphasized throughout.

Light and electron microscopic observations of the infection of Camellia sasanqua by the fungus Exobasidum camelliae var. gracilis

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.W. Mims ◽  
E.A. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Apical Meristem ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Intercellular Spaces ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Leaf Formation ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Cell Layers ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
Pale Green

Only a very small percentage of the shoots of the numerous Camellia sasanqua Thunb. plants examined in this study were infected by Exobasidium camelliae var. gracilis Shirai, and prior to the onset of new leaf formation in the spring, it was impossible to distinguish these shoots from healthy shoots with the naked eye. However, beginning in early April, an infected shoot gave rise to a group of tightly clustered, pale-green leaves that were significantly larger and thicker than the dark-green healthy leaves. Light and transmission electron microscopic observations revealed the presence of intercellular hyphae of E. camelliae var. gracilis in the apical meristems of shoots that gave rise to enlarged infected leaves. Very slender intercellular hyphae were observed between the tightly packed cells of the apical meristem as well as between the cells of the tunica that covered the meristem. Hyphae also filled many of the intercellular spaces in the stem immediately below the apical meristem. Some hyphae formed distinctive haustoria that protruded for short distances into the invaded host cells. Hyphae also were present in the leaf primordia and proliferated in the intercellular spaces while the primordium differentiated into a leaf. Eventually a distinct pseudoparenchymatous layer of intercellular hyphae developed some four to six cell layers above the lower epidermis. This layer then gave rise to the basidia that made up the hymenium of E. camelliae var. gracilis. As basidia developed, the underlying cell layers of the leaf separated from the overlying hymenium and eventually sloughed away to expose the basidia. Localized infections of random leaves also were observed. In many cases only a small part of a leaf was infected. Localized infections also culminated in successful hymenium development.

The blister of porphyria cutanea tarda: A Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopic study

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 334-335
Author(s):  
Veronika Burmeister ◽  
R. Swaminathan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda ◽  
Minor Trauma ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic

Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a disorder of porphyrin metabolism which occurs most often during middle age. The disease is characterized by excessive production of uroporphyrin which causes photosensitivity and skin eruptions on hands and arms, due to minor trauma and exposure to sunlight. The pathology of the blister is well known, being subepidermal with epidermodermal separation, it is not always absolutely clear, whether the basal lamina is attached to the epidermis or the dermis. The purpose of our investigation was to study the attachment of the basement membrane in the blister by comparing scanning with transmission electron microscopy.

TEM comparison of osmium vs osmium with potassium ferricyanide secondary fixatives and the impact of secondary fixative temperature on tissue preservation/contrast quality

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 910-911
Author(s):  
J. W. Horn ◽  
B. J. Dovey-Hartman ◽  
V. P. Meador
Keyword(s):  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
Potassium Ferricyanide ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Microscopic Evaluation ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Glutaraldehyde Solution ◽  
Temperature Impact ◽  
The Impact

Osmium tetroxide (OsO4) is a universally used secondary fixative for routine transmission electron microscopic evaluation of biological specimens. Use of OsO4 results in good ultrastructural preservation and electron density but several factors, such as concentration, length of exposure, and temperature, impact overall results. Potassium ferricyanide, an additive used primarily in combination with OsO4, has mainly been used to enhance the contrast of lipids, glycogen, cell membranes, and membranous organelles. The purpose of this project was to compare the secondary fixative solutions, OsO4 vs. OsO4 with potassium ferricyanide, and secondary fixative temperature for determining which combination gives optimal ultrastructural fixation and enhanced organelle staining/contrast.Fresh rat liver samples were diced to ∼1 mm3 blocks, placed into porous processing capsules/baskets, preserved in buffered 2% formaldehyde/2.5% glutaraldehyde solution, and rinsed with 0.12 M cacodylate buffer (pH 7.2). Tissue processing capsules were separated (3 capsules/secondary fixative.solution) and secondarily fixed (table) for 90 minutes. Tissues were buffer rinsed, dehydrated with ascending concentrations of ethanol solutions, infiltrated, and embedded in epoxy resin.

Radial mass analysis of unstained STEM images of molluscan hemocyanins

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 810-811
Author(s):  
M.G. Hamilton ◽  
T.T. Herskovits ◽  
J.S. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Hollow Cylinder ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Side View ◽  
Mass Analysis ◽  
Mass Measurements ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Microscopic Studies

The hemocyanins of molluscs are aggregates of a cylindrical decameric subparticle that assembles into di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and larger multi-decameric particles with masses that are multiples of the 4.4 Md decamer. Electron micrographs of these hemocyanins typically show the particles with two profiles: circular representing the cylinder viewed from the end and rectangular representing the side-view of the hollow cylinder.The model proposed by Mellema and Klug from image analysis of a didecameric hemocyanin with the two decamers facing one another with collar (closed) ends outward fits the appearance of side-views of the negatively-stained cylinders. These authors also suggested that there might be caps at the ends. In one of a series of transmission electron microscopic studies of molluscan hemocyanins, Siezen and Van Bruggen supported the Mellema-Klug model, but stated that they had never observed a cap component. With STEM we have tested the end cap hypothesis by direct mass measurements across the end-views of unstained particles.

Transmission Electron Microscopic Observations of Al3Li and Al3Ti Precipitation in A Rapidly Solidified Al-3Li-0.2Ti ALLOY

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 336-337
Author(s):  
J. E. O’Neal ◽  
K. K. Sankaran ◽  
S. M. L. Sastry
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Solidification ◽  
Metallic Substrate ◽  
Deformation Characteristics ◽  
Phase Decomposition ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Supersaturated Solid Solutions ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Rapidly Solidified ◽  
Microstructural Homogeneity

Rapid solidification of a molten, multicomponent alloy against a metallic substrate promotes greater microstructural homogeneity and greater solid solubility of alloying elements than can be achieved by slower-cooling casting methods. The supersaturated solid solutions produced by rapid solidification can be subsequently annealed to precipitate, by controlled phase decomposition, uniform 10-100 nm precipitates or dispersoids. TEM studies were made of the precipitation of metastable Al3Li(δ’) and equilibrium AL3H phases and the deformation characteristics of a rapidly solidified Al-3Li-0.2Ti alloy.

Formation of coherent twins in YBa2Cu3O7–δ superconductors

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Jou ◽  
J. Washburn
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Growth Mechanism ◽  
Oxygen Uptake Rate ◽  
Nucleation And Growth ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Twin Formation ◽  
Boundary Model ◽  
Nucleation And Growth Mechanism

A nucleation-and-growth mechanism for the twin formation in YBa2Cu3O7–δ superconductors based on the oxygen uptake rate curve and published transmission electron microscopic observations is proposed together with an oxygen-depleted twin boundary model. The difficulty of reaching stoichiometric YBa2Cu3O7 is explained.

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