THE MICROMORPHOLOGY OF THE TUBERCULATE SPORES OF HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM

1960 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes R. Edwards ◽  
Elizabeth L. Hazen ◽  
George A. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Microscopic Study ◽  
Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Histoplasma Capsulatum ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Cell Border ◽  
Thin Sections

An electron microscopic study of thin sections of the tuberculate spores of Histoplasma capsulatum is presented in which details of structure of the cytoplasm, cell border, and protruding tubercles as well as structural changes associated with growth and maturation of the spore are revealed. On the basis of the observations made on the fine structure, the mode of formation of the tubercles is considered.

Electron microscopic study of the structural changes as a function of temperature in anorthite*

1973 ◽  
Vol 138 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 403-418
Author(s):  
M. Czank ◽  
J. Van Landuyt ◽  
H. Schulz ◽  
F. Laves ◽  
S. Amelinckx
Keyword(s):  
Microscopic Study ◽  
Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Electron Microscopic

scholarly journals Analytical electron microscopic study of mitochondrial inclusions in canine myocardial infarcts.

1976 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 508-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
L M Buja ◽  
J H Dees ◽  
D F Harling ◽  
J T Willerson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Microscopic Study ◽  
Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Mitochondrial Protein ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Mitochondrial Inclusions ◽  
Analytical Electron

An analytical electron microscopic study, utilizing scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, was made of two types of mitochondrial inclusions identified in canine myocardial infarcts. The data were obtained from thin sections of tissues that were fixed in aldehyde, osmicated and embedded in epoxy resin. Calcium peaks of variable intensity were detected in inclusions which contained very electron-dense spicular material and which were localized to muscle cells at the peripheries of the infarcts. These findings indicate that the spicular inclusions represent early stages in the process of mitochondrial calcification in myocardial infarcts. In contrast, calcium or other trace elements were not detected in moderately electron-dense amorphous inclusions which were present in mitochondria of muscle cells throughout the infarcts. With the tissue preparative techniques employed, the possibility cannot be excluded that the amorphous inclusions contained calcium, either in small amounts or in a readily diffusable state, in vivo. The data, however, are in accord with the previously advanced hypothesis that the amorphous inclusions represent precipitates of denatured mitochondrial protein formed during the evolution of irreversible cellular injury. This study provides further evidence that analytical electron microscopy can yield important information regarding the nature of various inclusions occurring in normal and diseased tissues.

An electron microscopic study of Amoeba proteus

1959 ◽  
Vol 150 (939) ◽  
pp. 216-232 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Microscopic Study ◽  
Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Amoeba Proteus ◽  
Contractile Vacuole ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Functional Implications ◽  
Food Vacuoles

Methods of fixing, embedding and sectioning of Amoeba proteus for electron microscopy are described. The fine structure of the various organelles: nucleus, mitochondria, food vacuoles; and the contractile vacuole, is discussed in detail. A number of minor unidentified objects has also been found. The functional implications of the structural findings are considered.

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