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Electron microscopy of Listeria monocytogenes-infected mouse spleen.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 91 ·No. 3 ·1966-03-00 ·Pages 1346-55

Armstrong BA, Sword CP

Abstract

Armstrong, B. A. (The University of Kansas, Lawrence), and C. P. Sword. Electron microscopy of Listeria monocytogenes-infected mouse spleen. J. Bacteriol. 91:1346-1355. 1966.-Mouse spleen infected with Listeria monocytogenes was observed during the acute phase of infection; 72 hr after infection, organisms were usually found within phagocytic vacuoles in the cytoplasm of macrophages. These vacuoles, which resembled phagosomes, often contained several organisms as well as varying amounts of amorphous electron-dense material, ferritin-like particles, membrane fragments, and vesicles of varying density. Breakdown of vacuolar membranes appeared to be accompanied by damage to the host cell cytoplasm. Nuclear membrane damage was occasionally observed when phagocytic vacuoles were close to the nucleus.

MeSH Terms
Animals Cell Nucleus Ferritins In Vitro Techniques Listeria monocytogenes/cytology Listeriosis/pathology Macrophages Mice Microscopy, Electron Phagocytosis Spleen/pathology
Chemicals
Ferritins
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Armstrong B A
Sword C P
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
Published
1966-03-00
Pages
1346-55
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC316034
Subset
IM
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