Modeling and measuring the elastic properties of an archaeal surface, the sheath of Methanospirillum hungatei, and the implication for methane production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3106-3112

  Xu, W ^a   Mulhern, P J ^a   Blackford, B L ^a   Jericho, M H ^a   Firtel, M ^b   Beveridge, T J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0030012459     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3106-3112.1996     Document Type: Article

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