Fast Plant(Brassica rapa,Cruciferae)leaf tissuefixed in glutaraldehyde-acrolein and post-fixed in os-mium,was examined for response to several easily-prepared heavy metal stains.Lead and uranium,separately and in comb...Fast Plant(Brassica rapa,Cruciferae)leaf tissuefixed in glutaraldehyde-acrolein and post-fixed in os-mium,was examined for response to several easily-prepared heavy metal stains.Lead and uranium,separately and in combination,gave typical resultsacross the spectrum of cell organellets.As a single stainfollowing osmium,bismuth produced images seeminglyequivalent to lead and uranium.Phosphotungstic acidproduced very good membrane delineation but produceda washed-out background image similar to that from leadstaining.Carbohydrate compounds were especiallyresponsive to ruthenium;the cytoplasm and the matrixof all organelles were also stained very well.Theprocedures were no more demanding than traditionalstaining methods and may be easily used in research andteaching.Fast Plant materials are a reliable,quick andeasy source of living material.展开更多
文摘Fast Plant(Brassica rapa,Cruciferae)leaf tissuefixed in glutaraldehyde-acrolein and post-fixed in os-mium,was examined for response to several easily-prepared heavy metal stains.Lead and uranium,separately and in combination,gave typical resultsacross the spectrum of cell organellets.As a single stainfollowing osmium,bismuth produced images seeminglyequivalent to lead and uranium.Phosphotungstic acidproduced very good membrane delineation but produceda washed-out background image similar to that from leadstaining.Carbohydrate compounds were especiallyresponsive to ruthenium;the cytoplasm and the matrixof all organelles were also stained very well.Theprocedures were no more demanding than traditionalstaining methods and may be easily used in research andteaching.Fast Plant materials are a reliable,quick andeasy source of living material.