Matsumoto A
J Bacteriol. 1982 Apr;150(1):358-64. doi: 10.1128/jb.150.1.358-364.1982.
Electron microscopic observations were carried out to confirm the presence of surface projections on Chlamydia psittaci reticulate bodies (RBs). The morphology of the projections on RBs was identical with that on elementary bodies (EBs); one end of each projection was connected with the cytoplasmic membrane, but the other end of the projection protruded beyond the cell wall through a fine hole or rosette in the cell wall. The results demonstrated that the rosettes seen in RB cell walls were morphological markers indicating the presence of the surface projections. A statistical anaylsis of the number of projections on EBs and the number of rosettes in RB cell walls prepared at 10, 15, and 20 h after infection demonstrated that all RBs had the projections and that the number of projections was maximal by 10 h after infection and then decreased gradually to approximately the same number of projections on EBs.
进行电子显微镜观察以确认鹦鹉热衣原体网状体（RB）上存在表面突起。RB上突起的形态与原体（EB）上的相同；每个突起的一端与细胞质膜相连，但突起的另一端通过细胞壁上的细孔或玫瑰花结突出到细胞壁之外。结果表明，在RB细胞壁中看到的玫瑰花结是表明存在表面突起的形态学标志。对感染后10、15和20小时制备的EB上的突起数量和RB细胞壁中的玫瑰花结数量进行统计分析表明，所有RB都有突起，并且突起数量在感染后10小时达到最大值，然后逐渐减少到与EB上突起数量大致相同。
