Identification of the Sulfur Inclusion Body in Beggiatoa alba B18LD by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis

Dense inclusion bodies were observed under the STEM mode of a scanning electron microscope to occupy peripheral locations in air-dried filaments of B. alba B18LD, and they were determined by energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis to consist almost entirely of sulfur. These inclusions conform in posit...

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Published in:Current microbiology 1981-01, Vol.6 (2), p.71-74
Main Authors: Lawry, N H, Jani, V, Jensen, TE
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Language:English
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Summary:Dense inclusion bodies were observed under the STEM mode of a scanning electron microscope to occupy peripheral locations in air-dried filaments of B. alba B18LD, and they were determined by energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis to consist almost entirely of sulfur. These inclusions conform in position and size (220-275 nm in diameter) to bodies seen in thin sections to be both membrane-bounded and enclosed within pockets penetrating the individual cell from the cytoplasmic membrane.
ISSN:0343-8651
DOI:10.1007/BF01569006