The ultrastructure of Ignicoccus: Evidence for a novel outer membrane and for intracellular vesicle budding in an archaeon

Archaea

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-18

  Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Wyschkony, Irith ^a   Riehl, Sabine ^a,b   Huber, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell envelope; Cellulose capillary tubes; Cryo fixation; Freeze substitution; Hyperthermophilic archaea; Membrane vesicles; Periplasm

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IGNICOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0012998399     PISSN: 14723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/307480     Document Type: Article

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