| Value |
3.5
nm
|
| Organism |
Bacteria Hallothiobacillus neapolitanus |
| Reference |
Shively JM, Ball FL, Kline BW. Electron microscopy of the carboxysomes (polyhedral bodies) of Thiobacillus neapolitanus. J Bacteriol. 1973 Dec116(3):1405-11, fig. 3-4PubMed ID4127632
|
| Method |
electron microscopy image |
| Comments |
The membrane of the carboxysome, a single layer about 3.5-nm thick in thin section, appears to be similar to the membrane surrounding the sulfur granules of Chromatium and the gas vacuoles of blue-green algae |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
102649 |