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Review
. 2009 May;191(10):3195-202.
doi: 10.1128/JB.01723-08. Epub 2009 Mar 6.

Polyhydroxyalkanoate granules are complex subcellular organelles (carbonosomes)

Dieter Jendrossek  1
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate granules are complex subcellular organelles (carbonosomes)

Dieter Jendrossek. J Bacteriol. 2009 May.
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FIG. 1.
Formation of PHB granules. A PHB-free culture of R. eutropha PHB-4 harboring pBBRMCS2::phaC-egfp was transferred to fresh NB medium supplemented with 0.2% sodium gluconate at 0 min. Note the formation of globular PhaC-EGFP foci and the movement of PhaC-EGFP to the cell periphery within only 10 min of incubation at 30°C. The first PHB granules appear after 10 min (Nile Red stain [not shown]). The cells in panel C were stained with the fluorescent dye FM4-64 (FM4-64 is specific for the outer leaflet of cell membranes). Enhanced GFP alone is a soluble protein in R. eutropha (not shown).
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