Ultrastructure, inferred porosity, and gram-staining character of Methanospirillum hungatei filament termini describe a unique cell permeability for this archaeobacterium.

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Published in J Bacteriol on January 01, 1991

Authors

T J Beveridge1, G D Sprott, P Whippey

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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