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. 1965 Sep;29(3):299–325. doi: 10.1128/br.29.3.299-325.1965

Symposium on the fine structure and replication of bacteria and their parts. II. Bacterial cytoplasm.

W van Iterson
PMCID: PMC441280  PMID: 5318115

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