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. 1970 Jun;102(3):862–866. doi: 10.1128/jb.102.3.862-866.1970

Morphology and Ultrastructure of Normal Rod-Shaped and Filamentous Forms of Erwinia amylovora

Pi-Yu Huang 1, Robert N Goodman 1
PMCID: PMC247638  PMID: 4914085

Abstract

Filamentous cells of Erwinia amylovora were usually 3 to 35 times longer than the normal rod-shaped ones, and only the former produced minicells.

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