Two Types of Morphologically Distinct Fibers Comprising Gallionella ferruginea Twisted Stalks

Tomoko Suzuki; Hideki Hashimoto; Hiromichi Ishihara; Nobuyuki Matsumoto; Hitoshi Kunoh; Jun Takada

doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME11340

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Two Types of Morphologically Distinct Fibers Comprising Gallionella ferruginea Twisted Stalks

Tomoko Suzuki, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromichi Ishihara, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Hitoshi Kunoh, Jun Takada

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Keywords: Gallionella ferruginea, iron-oxidizing bacteria, organic/inorganic hybrid, two stalk fibers

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Article ID: ME11340

DOI https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME11340

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 27 (2009), No. 3 pp. 1203230373-1203230373

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Abstract

Two morphologically distinct extracellular stalk fibers produced by Gallionella ferruginea were compared by electron microscopy and elemental analysis. The thick- and fine-fiber stalks were different in structure on a micrometer scale and in the site on the mother cell to which they were attached, but on a nanometer scale they were similar in ultrastructure and in the elemental composition of their basic fiber matrix.

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