Envelope ultrastructure of uncultured naturally occurring magnetotactic cocci

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Freitas, Flávia ^a   Keim, Carolina N ^a   Kachar, Bechara ^b   Farina, Marcos ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Cell surface ultrastructure; Freeze etching; Magnetotactic bacterium; S layer

Indexed keywords

METAL; METAL ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; FREEZE ETCHING; FREEZE FRACTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNETOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037436089     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01187-4     Document Type: Article

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