Morphological Studies of the Association of Mitochondria with Chlamydial Inclusions and the Fusion of Chlamydial Inclusions

The association of mitochondria with the inclusions of five strains of Chlamydia psittaci, two strains of C. trachomatis and one strain of C. pneumoniae was examined by electron microscopy. The results demonstrated that mitochondria association occurred only with the C. psittaci inclusions, but not...

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Published in:Journal of electron microscopy 1991-10, Vol.40 (5), p.356-363
Main Authors: Matsumoto, Akira, Bessho, Hiroko, Uehira, Kenzo, Suda, Taiji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Cell Nucleus - ultrastructure
Cells, Cultured
Chlamydia - ultrastructure
Chlamydia Infections - pathology
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis - ultrastructure
Chlamydophila pneumoniae - ultrastructure
Chlamydophila psittaci - ultrastructure
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
fusion of chlamydial inclusions
Glycogen - metabolism
HeLa Cells
Host-Parasite Interactions
Humans
Inclusion Bodies - ultrastructure
Microbiology
Mitochondria - ultrastructure
mitochondrial/inclusion association
Models, Biological
Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains
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Summary:The association of mitochondria with the inclusions of five strains of Chlamydia psittaci, two strains of C. trachomatis and one strain of C. pneumoniae was examined by electron microscopy. The results demonstrated that mitochondria association occurred only with the C. psittaci inclusions, but not with the C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae inclusions. Multiple inclusions formed by infection with a single strain could fuse with each other during their expansion, but fusion never occurred between the C. trachomatis and C. psittaci inclusions as a result of dual infection with these different species.
ISSN:0022-0744
1477-9986
1477-9986
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a050908