Ultrastructure and cytochemistry of lipid granules in the many-celled magnetotactic prokaryote, 'Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis'

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1387-1392

  Silva, Karen Tavares ^a   Abreu, Fernanda ^a   Keim, Carolina N ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Lipid granules; Lipid ultrastructure; Magnetotactic bacteria; Magnetotactic multicellular prokaryotes; Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORUS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDIES; LIPID GRANULES; LIPID ULTRASTRUCTURE; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MAGNETOTACTIC MULTICELLULAR PROKARYOTES; MEAN DIAMETER; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES; POLY PHOSPHATE; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

GRANULATION;

LIPID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FREEZE FRACTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPIDS; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 52049087573     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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