Iron storage in Mycoplasma capricolum.
Considerable quantities or iron were incorporated into the Mycoplasma capricolum cell membrane. Mossbauer studies showed that the iron is in a form which becomes magnetically ordered at low temperatures. The iron-enriched cells contained membrane-bound electron-dense particles of about 6.0 nm in diameter.
D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008280:Magnetics; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013696:Temperature
D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D007501:Iron