Mechanical removal of F pili, type I pili, and flagella from Hfr and RTF donor cells and the kinetics of their reappearance.

Journal of Bacteriology
C P NovotnyC C Brinton

Abstract

The effect of mechanical agitation (blending) on the removal of F pili, type I pili, and flagella from Hfr (high-frequency recombinant) and resistance transfer factor (RTF) fi(+)Escherichia coli cells was studied by electron microscopy. The reduction in number and length of appendages was measured as a function of blendor speed under standard conditions of temperature, medium, cell density, and blendor configuration. F pili and flagella were removed within the same narrow range of blendor speeds. Type I pili were removed within a higher and broader range of speeds. The speed which reduced the average length of type I pili to 50% was 3.5 times the speed which reduced the average length of F pili to 50%. None of the speeds employed inhibited cell growth, viability, or the ability to produce cell appendages. The kinetics of reappearance of F pili and type I pili after removal by blending were also different. F pili grew out very rapidly, reaching 50% of their full length in 30 sec and their full length in 4 to 5 min. The number of attached F pili per cell also increased rapidly, reaching a constant value in 4 to 5 min. After 5 min, F pilus lengths were distributed around a modal value of about 1.2 mum, and the numbers of F pili pe...Continue Reading

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