Loss of calcium from Azotobacter cysts
โ Scribed by D. Smith; O. Wyss; Leodocia Pope
- Book ID
- 102389184
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 316 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0233-111X
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โฆ Synopsis
Calcium is involved in the resistance of bacterial spores to heat (MURRELI, 1961) ; increases and decreasesin the cellular contents of this inorganic ion coincide with sporulation and germination events. During an investigation of the calcium contents of Axotobacter cysts to learn if encystment, or the resistance accompanying it, could be linked to calcium, we observed that quite unlike the bacterial endospores there is a surprising loss of calcium from the cysts during the washing procedure. This loss of calcium from the encysted cells mas inrestigated.
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A mesenteric cyst with milk of calcium in an adult patient is presented. Preoperative evaluation included plain film, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To our knowledge, the presence of milk of calcium in a mesenteric cyst has not been previously described.