Rhapidosomes: absence of a highly 2'-O-methylated RNA component.
Rhapidosomes of Saprospira grandis do not contain RNA that is highly methylated at the 2'-oxygen of the sugar residues. Neither is such an RNA associated with the particles as a contaminant. A cursory examination of the rhapidosomes of two other marine organisms gave similar results.
D002845:Chromatography; D008386:Marine Biology; D008745:Methylation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D013144:Spirochaetales / Q000032:analysis
D012329:RNA, Bacterial