Subcellular structures of mycoplasmas

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 2017-2027

  Balish, Mitchell F ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Attachment Organelle; Cytoskeleton; Mycoplasma; Review; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA MOBILE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33744739470     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1943     Document Type: Article

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