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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
The attachment of virulent strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells is the first step in the bacterial induction of tumors. Binding of A. tumefaciens to carrot tissue culture cells occurred as a two-step process. The initial step was the attachment of the bacteria to the plant cell wall. Living plant cells were not required. Bacterial attachment to heat-killed or glutaraldehyde-fixed carrot cells proceeded with only slightly altered kinetics and unaltered bacterial strain specificity. After the bacteria bound to the carrot cell surface, scanning electron microscopy showed that fibrils developed, surrounded the bacteria, and anchored them to the plant cell surface. These fibrils were synthesized by the bacteria and not by the plant cell since they were also made after the attachment of A. tumefaciens to dead carrot cells and since under some conditions the bacteria synthesized fibrils in the absence of plant cells. Calcofluor staining, acid hydrolysis, enzymatic digestion studies, and infrared spectroscopy showed that the fibrils were composed of cellulose. The formation of these cellulose fibrils occurred during the attachment of virulent strains of A. tumefaciens to plant cells in vitro. The fibrils anchored the bacteria to the plant cell surface and entrapped additional bacteria. The multiplication of entrapped and attached bacteria resulted in the formation of large clusters of bacteria held close to the plant cell wall and plasma membrane by cellulose fibrils. This high concentration of bacteria may facilitate transfer of Ti plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid to the plant cell resulting in the formation of tumors.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
583-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Elaboration of cellulose fibrils by Agrobacterium tumefaciens during attachment to carrot cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.