Initial assemblage of bacterial saccharic fibrils and element deposition to form an immature sheath in cultured Leptothrix sp. strain OUMS1

Minerals

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Furutani, Mitsuaki ^a   Suzuki, Tomoko ^a   Ishihara, Hiromichi ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Kunoh, Hitoshi ^a   Takada, Jun ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial saccharic fibril; Initial formation of Leptothrix sheath; Inorganic organic complex; Iron oxidizing bacterium; Leptothrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882600548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2075163X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/min1010157     Document Type: Article

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