Unusual ultrastructural features in three strains of Cyanothece (cyanobacteria)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-163

  Porta, David ^a   Rippka, Rosmarie ^b   Hernández Mariné, Mariona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Cyanophyta; Cyanoprokaryota; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYLAKOID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CYANOBACTERIA; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYESTERS; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 0033975121     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002039900126     Document Type: Article

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