Nucleoids and coated vesicles of 'Epulopiscium' spp.

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 227-235

  Robinow, Carl ^a   Angert, Esther R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coated vesicles; Daughter cells; Epulopiscium; Nucleoids; Polar chromatin; Unusual composite wall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; COATED VESICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FISH; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EPULOPISCIUM;

EID: 0031706538     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050637     Document Type: Article

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