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Extracts of Spirochaeta aurantia contained granules approximately 36 nm in diameter. These granules were purified by isopycnic centrifugation on CsCl gradients and shown on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence to be glycogen. Electron microscopic cytochemical methods revealed glycogen-like granules in S. aurantia cells.
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Kropinski, A.M., Ghiorse, W.C. & Greenberg, E.P. The intracellular polyglucose storage granules of Spirochaeta aurantia . Arch. Microbiol. 150, 289–295 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00407794
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