Width of periplasm

Value 21 nm
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Vollmer W, Seligman SJ. Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models. Trends Microbiol. 2010 Feb18(2):59-66.PubMed ID20060721
Primary Source Matias VR, Al-Amoudi A, Dubochet J, Beveridge TJ. Cryo-transmission electron microscopy of frozen-hydrated sections of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol. 2003 Oct185(20):6112-8.PubMed ID14526023
Method (Primary source): cryo-TEM (transmission electron microscopy)
Comments See BNID 100016 for value of 10.5 nm and comments therein
Entered by Uri M
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