Desjardins Aléhandra, Zerfas Patricia, Filion Dominic, Palmer Robert J, Falcone Emilia Liana
Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Infectious Diseases, Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada.
Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Microorganisms. 2023 Aug 31;11(9):2200. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11092200.
Round bodies in spirochete cultures have been a controversial subject since their description seven decades ago. We report the existence of round bodies (spherical cells) in cultures of , a spiral bacterium phylogenetically distant from spirochetes. Furthermore, when grown in biofilms, demonstrates a unique morphology known as cording, which has been previously described only in mycobacteria. Thus, has two distinct features, each previously thought to be unique to two different phylogenetically distant groups of bacteria.
自七十年前首次描述以来，螺旋体培养物中的圆形体一直是一个有争议的话题。我们报告了在一种与螺旋体在系统发育上距离较远的螺旋细菌的培养物中存在圆形体（球形细胞）。此外，当在生物膜中生长时，该细菌表现出一种称为索状化的独特形态，这种形态以前仅在分枝杆菌中被描述过。因此，该细菌具有两个不同的特征，而每个特征以前都被认为是两个在系统发育上距离较远的不同细菌群体所特有的。
