Fine Structure of Poly-β-Hydroxybutyric Acid Granules in a Blue-Green Alga, Chlorogloea fritschii
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- 1 May 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 106 (2) , 683-686
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.106.2.683-686.1971
Abstract
Granules characterized as poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid are described in Chlorogloea fritschii , a blue-green alga. They are generally spherical inclusions of slight electron density which are limited by a membrane approximately 3 nm in thickness.Keywords
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