title: Insights into the ultrastructural morphology of novel Planctomycetes.
abstract: Knowledge of the interesting phylum of Planctomycetes has increased in the last decades both due to cultural and molecular methods. Although a restricted number of species have been described to date, this group presents a much larger diversity that has been mainly revealed by molecular ecology studies. Isolation experiments allowed us to get a number of new Planctomycetes taxa that extend the already described ones. In this work we present the ultrastructural morphological characterization of these new taxa as well as we give new details of Aquisphaera giovannonii ultrastructure. Furthermore, our interpretation on Planctomycetes cell envelope is provided.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/nº, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal, olga.lage@fc.up.pt.
authors.forename: Olga Maria
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Lage
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bondoso
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lobo-da-Cunha
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S