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DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-739
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Pirellulosomes: a new type of membrane-bounded cell compartment in planctomycete bacteria of the genus Pirellula

Margaret Lindsay,Richard I. Webb,John A. Fuerst

Nucleoid
Biology
Planctomycetes
1997
A distinct type of cellular organization was found in two species of the planctomycete genus Pirellula, Pirellula marina and Pirellula staleyi . Both species possess two distinct regions within the cell which are separated by a single membrane. The major region of the cell, the pirellulosome, contains the fibrillar condensed nucleoid. The other area, the polar cap region, forms a continuous layer surrounding the entire pirellulosome and displays a cap of asymmetrically distributed material at one cell pole. Immuno- and cytochemical-labelling of P. marina demonstrated that DNA is located exclusively within the pirellulosome; cell RNA is concentrated in the pirellulosome, with some RNA also located in the polar cap region.
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