Morphological Studies of Maize Mosaic Virus I

• Published in: Journal of general virology Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 227 - 234
• Main Authors: Herold, Frieda, Munz, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Soc General Microbiol 01-04-1967
• ISSN: 0022-1317; 1465-2099
• DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-1-2-227

Departamento de Virología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 1827, Caracas, Venezuela
Particles of maize mosaic virus I are bullet-shaped, or hemispherical at both ends. Bullet-shaped particles in phosphotungstic acid measure 2550 x 900 Å, those in uranyl acetate 2410 x 730 Å. The particles appear to consist of an envelope with thread-like or knob-like protrusions, a helical structure composed of beaded units, a hollow cylinder and an inner core. The last has no visible structure but disintegrates often in somewhat spherical masses.
* Some of the results were presented at the sixth Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, Caribbean Division, Maracay, Venezuela, 4–10 September, 1966.
Received 4 November 1966;
accepted 12 December 1966.