Ultrastructure of the Corynebacterium glutamicum cell wall

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-297

  Marienfeld, Stephan ^a   Uhlemann, Eva Maria ^b   Schmid, Roland ^b   Krämer, Reinhard ^c   Burkovski, Andreas ^c,d  

^a Inst F Biol I   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Cell wall structure; Corynebacterium; Freeze substitution; Outer layer

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030693201     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000578811089     Document Type: Article

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