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. 1976 Feb;125(2):739–743. doi: 10.1128/jb.125.2.739-743.1976

Ultrastructure of superficial mycosidic integuments of Mycobacterium sp.

K S Kim, M R Salton, L Barksdale
PMCID: PMC236136  PMID: 1245469

Abstract

Cells from pellicle growth of Mycobacterium sp. NQ are enveloped in a mycoside layer which extends outward as long filaments, 5 nm in diameter. Underneath this outer mycosidic casement, ramified ropelike structure, embedded in a dense matrix, overlay the rigid peptidoglycan of the cell wall.

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