The response of selected members of the archaea to the Gram stain

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2887-2895

  Beveridge, Terry J ^a   Schultze Lam, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cell envelopes; Gram stain; Ultrastructure; Walls

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; IODINE; MEMBRANE LIPID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0029903325     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-10-2887     Document Type: Article

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