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Fiber-structured Material in a Fraction of Bacillus Subtilis

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Journal J Bacteriol
Specialty Microbiology
Date 1971 Oct 1
PMID 5001207
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Abstract

The paracrystal fractions of two species of Bacillus contain similarly structured fibrous material whose unit cell is hexagonal, with cell dimensions of a = 0.719 nm and c = 0.963 nm.

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