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Some properties ofAchromatium oxaliferum

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Studies on cells harvested from the natural habitat showed thatA. oxaliferum is gram-negative and catalase-negative. Electron micrographs of carefully fixed cells revealed the presence of peritrichously arranged appendages with a minimum thickness of 90 Å as well as capsular slime. The hypothesis is advanced that the gliding motility ofAchromatium is caused by peritrichous bacterial flagella beating in a slime layer that surrounds the cell.

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  1. Laboratory of Microbiology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

    Willemina E. de Boer

  2. International Courses in Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering, Delft, the Netherlands

    J. W. M. la Rivière

  3. Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität, Göttingen, Germany

    Karin Schmidt

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The skillful help of Mrs. W. M. Batenburg, Miss J. van Hooidonk, Mr. B. Oosterman and Mr. H. W. G. Meesters is gratefully acknowledged.

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de Boer, W.E., la Rivière, J.W.M. & Schmidt, K. Some properties ofAchromatium oxaliferum . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 37, 553–563 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02218525

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