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. 1989 Oct;171(10):5756–5758. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.10.5756-5758.1989

Crystalline cell surface layer of Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

K Lounatmaa 1, E Brander 1
PMCID: PMC210428  PMID: 2676993

Abstract

A paracrystalline surface layer (S layer) was found as the outermost layer of the cell wall of five Mycobacterium bovis BCG strains. An oblique arrangement of the subunits in the S layer was only clearly seen in thin-sectioned and shadowed preparations, and the unit constant was about 5.5 nm.

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