Exemplar Abstract for Magnetospirillum molischianum (Giesberger 1947) Hördt et al. 2020, Phaeospirillum molischianum (Giesberger 1947) Imhoff et al. 1998 and Rhodospirillum molischianum Giesberger 1947 (Approved Lists 1980).

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Thomas Parker ◽  
Dorothea Taylor ◽  
George M Garrity
Biochemistry ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 2140-2144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehul J. Patel ◽  
Richard J. Kassner ◽  
Terrence E. Meyer ◽  
Michael A. Cusanovich

Biochemistry ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1984-1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Dus ◽  
Torgeir Flatmark ◽  
Henk DeKlerk ◽  
Martin D. Kamen

1965 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald D. Hickman ◽  
Albert W. Frenkel

The lamellae of the bacterium Rhodospirillum molischianum originate as extensions of the cytoplasmic membrane into the cytoplasm of the cell. Initially, these extensions are narrow folds and occur independently of one another. The first lamellae to appear average about 80 A in width, representing one side of the infolded cytoplasmic membrane, or 160 A when the two sides of the fold are closely appressed. The 160-A lamellae increase in number and may associate to form larger lamellae, which represent varying degrees of association between adjacent folds. Later, the space within each fold increases; the two appressed regions of the cytoplasmic membrane in each fold separate to form distinct invaginations, and the lamellae observed at this stage are formed by an association of the sides of adjacent invaginations.


1965 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah P. Gibbs ◽  
W. R. Sistrom ◽  
Patricia B. Worden

By varying the light intensity and temperature during growth it is possible to obtain cultures of Rhodospirillum molischianum in which the specific bacteriochlorophyll contents differ by as much as fivefold. We used such cultures to compare the changes in the electron microscopic appearance of the cells with the changes in the amount and bacteriochlorophyll content of chromatophore material isolated from cell extracts. The cells contained a variable number of internal membranes which are invaginations of the cell membrane. The shape, size, number, and arrangement of the infoldings varied as the specific bacteriochlorophyll content of the cells changed. In cells with little bacteriochlorophyll, the invaginations were mostly tubular. In cells with larger amounts of bacteriochlorophyll, the invaginations were disc-shaped and the discs were appressed together in stacks of 2 to 10 discs each. Variations in the number of discs per stack could be accounted for by a simple statistical model. The average area per disc increased with increasing bacteriochlorophyll content. Quantitative estimations of the relative volumes occupied by membranes in cells with four different bacteriochlorophyll contents showed that the amount of internal membrane alone had no direct relationship with the bacteriochlorophyll content of the cells; however, the total amount of membrane (cell membrane plus internal membrane) was directly proportional to the bacteriochlorophyll content. The specific bacteriochlorophyll content of isolated chromatophore material was proportional to the bacteriochlorophyll content of whole cells; the total amount of chromatophore material was independent of the bacteriochlorophyll content of whole cells. Several possible explanations of this paradoxical discrepancy between the electron microscope observations and the analytical results are discussed.


1985 ◽  
Vol 186 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.C. Finzel ◽  
P.C. Weber ◽  
K.D. Hardman ◽  
F.R. Salemme

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