Fine Structure of Succinate-Swollen Rhizobium trifolii 0403.
Transmission electron micrographs of glutaraldehyde- OsO(4)-fixed Rhizobium trifolii 0403 before and after cells were treated with 16.6 mM succinate showed that treated cells increased in mass by increasing cytoplasmic volume. The morphology of succinate-treated cells was identical to that of bacteroids, and the appearances of the envelope and periplasmic space were similar. The primary difference was in inclusion number and type.
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Microbiology Section, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, and U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.
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