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Determination of turgor pressure in Bacillus subtilis: a possible role for K+ in turgor regulation.

A M Whatmore1, R H Reed.   

Abstract

The effects of hypersaline treatment (osmotic upshock) on cell water relations were examined in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis using particle size analysis. Application of the Boyle-van't Hoff relationship (cell volume versus reciprocal of external osmolality) permitted direct determination of turgor pressure, which was approximately 0.75 osmol kg-1 (1.9 MPa) in exponentially growing bacteria in a defined medium. The abolition of turgor pressure immediately after upshock and the subsequent recovery of turgor were investigated. Recovery of turgor was K+ dependent. Calculation of turgor by an alternative method involving spectrophotometric analysis of shrinkage gave somewhat lower estimates of turgor pressure.

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Year:  1990        PMID： 2127801     DOI： 10.1099/00221287-136-12-2521

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Gen Microbiol        ISSN： 0022-1287


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