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Figure 8

From: Phylum Verrucomicrobia representatives share a compartmentalized cell plan with members of bacterial phylum Planctomycetes

Figure 8

Transmission electron micrograph of high-pressure frozen and cryosubstituted cell of verrucomicrobia strain Ellin514, showing paryphoplasm (P), and intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM) enclosing a pirellulosome possessing polyhedral bodies (PB) surrounding a condensed fibrillar nucleoid (N) containing granules. Inset: enlarged view of region of cell outlined in the white box showing cytoplasmic membrane (CM), paryphoplasm (P) and intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM). Bar – 200 nm.

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BMC Microbiology

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