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  • Title: An ultrastructural analysis of protoplast-spheroplast induction in Cryptococcus neoformans.
    Author: Peterson EM, Hawley RJ, Calderone RA.
    Journal: Can J Microbiol; 1976 Oct; 22(10):1518-21. PubMed ID: 788868.
    Abstract:
    Protoplasts-spheroplasts of a human isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans were prepared using the gut enzyme of Helix pomatia. The induction process, as studied by transmission electron microscopy, occurred in two stages. Early in the induction process, protoplasts-spheroplasts emerged from whole cells through a break in the cell wall-capsule envelope. Later, a gradual dissolution of the entire cell wall occurred releasing the intact protoplast-spheroplast. A comparison of protoplasts-spheroplasts with normal untreated cells revealed that the degree of cellular vacuolation as well as the resolution of cellular organelles was similar.
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