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Microbodies are distinctive organelles which occur in a wide variety of plant cells. In this review emphasis is placed on the ultrastructure, cytochemistry, function, and development of a) microbodies (peroxisomes) in leaves of angiosperms and b) microbodies (glyoxysomes) in lipid-storing organs of seeds following germination. Information regarding the occurrence, fine structure, and possible role of microbodies in achlorophyllous tissues of higher plants is also considered, as is the distribution of these organelles in various taxa of the plant kingdom.

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Frederick, S.E., Gruber, P.J. & Newcomb, E.H. Plant microbodies. Protoplasma 84, 1–29 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02075940

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