Morphological transformation of rod-shaped bacterial cells: mechanisms and biological impacts

WANG Lei1; *; ZOU Lin1; *; LI Mengjie1; HOU Linlin1; CHEN Xiaoming2; LIU Wei2; SUN Guiqin3; CHEN Li1

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6184.2019.01.005

Journal of Microbes and Infections >

2019 , Vol. 14 >Issue 2: 99 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1673-6184.2019.01.005

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Morphological transformation of rod-shaped bacterial cells: mechanisms and biological impacts

WANG Lei1 ,
* ,
ZOU Lin1 ,
* ,
LI Mengjie1 ,
HOU Linlin1 ,
CHEN Xiaoming2 ,
LIU Wei2 ,
SUN Guiqin3 ,
CHEN Li1

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1. Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Research on Hydraulic and Hydro-Power Equipment Surface Engineering Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang Province, China; 3. College of Medical Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang Province, China

Received date: 2018-09-03

Online published: 2019-04-25

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Abstract

Cell shape is a basic core feature for bacterial classification and identification. Although a bacterium could be defined as coccus, bacillus, vibrio or spirochete, morphological transformations were observed under various physiological and pathological conditions. In this paper, the molecular mechanisms of rod-shaped bacterial morphological transformation are reviewed, and the biological impacts of morphological transformation under nutritional deficiency, radiation, antibiotic treatment and attacking by host immune systems are discussed.

Key words： Morphological transformation; Filamentation; Escape from host immune system; Antibioticresistance

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WANG Lei1 , * , ZOU Lin1 , * , LI Mengjie1 , HOU Linlin1 , CHEN Xiaoming2 , LIU Wei2 , SUN Guiqin3 , CHEN Li1 . Morphological transformation of rod-shaped bacterial cells: mechanisms and biological impacts[J]. Journal of Microbes and Infections, 2019 , 14(2) : 99 -105 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-6184.2019.01.005

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