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J Bacteriol. 1973 December; 116(3): 1405-1411
Copyright © 1973 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Electron Microscopy of the Carboxysomes (Polyhedral Bodies) of Thiobacillus neapolitanus

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631, and Molecular Anatomy Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

ABSTRACT

The carboxysomes of Thiobacillus neapolitanus are shown, by electron microscopy, to consist of a paracrystalline array of 10-nm particles surrounded by a "membrane." The 10-nm particles have a center hole or depression and have been previously identified as ribulose diphosphate carboxylase. The membrane is a monolayer approximately 3.5-nm thick.

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