Ultrastructure of the denitrifying methanotroph "Candidatus methylomirabilis oxyfera," a novel polygon-shaped bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-291

  Wu, Ming L ^a   Van Teeseling, Muriel C F ^a   Willems, Marieke J R ^a   Van Donselaar, Elly G ^b   Klingl, Andreas ^c,f   Rachel, Reinhard ^c   Geerts, Willie J C ^b   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Strous, Marc ^d,e   Van Niftrik, Laura ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDATUS METHYLOMIRABILIS OXYFERA; CELL INCLUSION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; METHANOTROPH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EPOXY RESINS; FREEZE ETCHING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTOMY; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84855905940     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05816-11     Document Type: Article

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