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The Sheathed Bacteria

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The Prokaryotes

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Sheath formation occurs in a number of filamentous aquatic bacteria. These include in the first place the organisms of the Sphaerotilus-Leptothrix group, which have the ability to deposit ferric hydroxide and sometimes manganese dioxide on their sheaths. This phenomenon contributes to the heaviness and stability of the sheaths, which under certain conditions may be found in nature long after the bacteria have left these envelopes.

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  1. Eppe Gerke Mulder
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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA

    Mortimer P. Starr

  2. Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Bayreuth, 8580, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz Stolp

  3. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 5300, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Trüper

  4. Bacteriology Division, Centers for Disease Control, 30333, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Albert Balows

  5. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen, 3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Schlegel

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Mulder, E.G., Deinema, M.H. (1981). The Sheathed Bacteria. In: Starr, M.P., Stolp, H., Trüper, H.G., Balows, A., Schlegel, H.G. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_27

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