Structural studies of planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus support cell compartmentalisation in a bacterium.

Members of phylum Planctomycetes have been proposed to possess atypical cell organisation for the Bacteria, having a structure of sectioned cells consistent with internal compartments surrounded by membranes. Here via electron tomography we confirm the presence of compartments in the planctomycete G...

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Main Authors: Evgeny Sagulenko, Garry P Morgan, Richard I Webb, Benjamin Yee, Kuo-Chang Lee, John A Fuerst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24632833/pdf/?tool=EBI