Surface structure of gliding bacteria after freeze-etching.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 114 ·No. 3 ·1973-06-00 ·Pages 1351-5

Burchard RP, Brown DT

Abstract

Ultrastructural studies of gliding bacteria demonstrate 10- to 11-nm beads on the inner surface of the outer bilayer of Cytophaga columnaris. These were not found in Myxococcus xanthus. On treatment with glutaraldehyde and ethanol, the beads appear in linear arrays.

MeSH Terms

Cytophaga/cytology,drug effects Ethanol/pharmacology Freeze Etching Glutaral/pharmacology Mutation

Chemicals

Ethanol Glutaral

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Burchard R P

Brown D T

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.114.3.1351-1355.1973

Published

1973-06-00

Pages

1351-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC285399

Subset

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