title: Blue-Green Algae: Fine Structure of the Gas Vacuoles.
abstract: The gas vacuoles seen in several species of blue-green algae under the light microscope are shown by electron microscopy to correspond to packed arrays of cylindrical, electron-transparent vesicles. Single vesicles average 75 millimicrons in diameter, range from 0.2 micron to 1.0 micron in length, have conical ends, and are bounded by a single membrane 2 millimicrons wide. The reversible disappearance of gas vacuoles induced by sudden application of pressure is accompanied by a reversible collapse of the individual gas vesicles.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Jensen