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. 1970 Jul;103(1):254–257. doi: 10.1128/jb.103.1.254-257.1970

Macromolecular Subunits in the Walls of Marine Photosynthetic Bacteria1

Charles C Remsen a, Stanley W Watson a, Hans G Trüper a
PMCID: PMC248063  PMID: 4913979

Abstract

Electron micrographs of sectioned and frozen-etched marine species of Chromatium revealed that at least two different patterns of macromolecular subunits are present on the cell wall.

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