Two types of morphologically distinct fibers comprising Gallionella ferruginea twisted stalks.

ABSTRACT: Two morphologically distinct extracellular stalk fibers produced by Gallionella ferruginea were compared by electron microscopy and elemental analysis. The thick- and fine-fiber stalks were different in structure on a micrometer scale and in the site on the mother cell to which they were attached, but on a nanometer scale they were similar in ultrastructure and in the elemental composition of their basic fiber matrix.

SUBMITTER: Suzuki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4036057 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature