Unusual polyphosphate inclusions observed in a marine Beggiatoa strain

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Brock, Jörg ^a,b   Rhiel, Erhard ^c   Beutler, Martin ^a,d   Salman, Verena ^a   Schulz Vogt, Heide N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidocalcisome; Beggiatoa; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Polyphosphate

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CALCIUM; LIPID; MAGNESIUM; POLYPHOSPHATE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEGGIATOA; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MARINE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES COMPARISON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BEGGIATOA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INCLUSION BODIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHOSPHATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

BEGGIATOA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THIOTRICHACEAE;

EID: 84857992326     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-011-9640-8     Document Type: Article

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