Cultivation of hyperthermophilic archaea in capillary tubes resulting in improved preservation of fine structures

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 373-379

  Rieger, Gertraud ^a   Müller, Karin ^a   Hermann, René ^b   Stetter, Karl Otto ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell to cell connection; Cellulose capillary tubes; Cryo fixation; Cultivation; Freeze substitution; Hyperthermophilic archaea; Pyrobaculum; Pyrodictium; Thermoproteus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPILLARY; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TUBE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0030714623     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050511     Document Type: Article

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