Enzymatic studies on the metabolism of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas. V, Is H+-ATPase a component of ATP-hydrolysing enzyme activities in plant-fungus interfaces ?

Cytochemical methods were used to localize ATPase activity in different phases of development of the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal association between Allium cepa L. and Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith. In the absence of inhibitors the pattern of lead deposition (indicative of ATPase activity) at the arbuscular interface was similar to that previously published, whether material was prefixed in glutaraldehyde or formaldehyde (...)