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. 1969 Feb 14;163(3868):685-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.163.3868.685.

Macromolecular subunits in the walls of marine nitrifying bacteria

S W Watson, C C Remsen

Macromolecular subunits in the walls of marine nitrifying bacteria

S W Watson et al. Science. .

Abstract

The outteromost laver of the cell wall of all marine ammonia-oxidizing bacteria So far isolated is made up of protein subunits arranged in a regular manner and linked together through metal-oxygen bonds. This sculptured, outer wall layver appears to be uniique to the terrestrial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria.

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