Ultrastructural Studies for Protoplasts and Protoplast Fusion in Streptomyces lavendulae

Streptomyces levendulae의 원형질체와 원형질체 융합에 대한 미세구조

Morphology and ultrastructure of protoplast fusion mode in Streptomyces lavendulae were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The isolated protoplasts were stable in some degree in hypertonic solution except that several protoplasts showed irregular morphology. Fusion events were occurred as follows; contact zone, fusion zone and separation zone were appeared sequentially. After formation of the separation zone, cytoplasm and DNA from both parents were mixed eventually. In the contact zone, two menbranes were still separated by electron transparent space. The contact zone changed to fusion zone by formation of fusion membrane that phospholipid molecules of two membranes were rearranged. Thereafter, nonmembraneous separation zone was formed by disappearance of fusion membrane. These changes were characterized by successive changes in typical membrane structure in fusion areas and by a progressive loss of bispherical shape.

Streptomyces lavendulae에서 생성된 원형질체 및 원형질체 융합과정에 대한 미세구조 및 행태학적 관찰을 투과 전자현미경과 주사전자현미경을 사용하여 행하였다. 생성된 원행질체들은 고장액에서 대체로 안정하였으나 간혹 변형된 원형질체들이 관찰되었다. 원형질체 융합은 접촉지역 융합지역, 분리지역 형성과정을 차례로 거치면서 선행되는 것이 관찰되었다. 이러한 사실은 세포막 구조의 변화와 이원형의 소실에 의하여 뒷받침이 될 수 있으으로 이러한 변화들을 융합과정에서의 각 단계로 해석하는 것이 가능하리라 사료된다.