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Isolated cell walls of Bacillus subtilis have a striated appearance in the electron microscope. The structure persists when teichoic acids are removed. It is inferred that the structure bears on the arrangement of the peptidoglycan chains.
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Verwer, R.W.H., Nanninga, N. Electron microscopy of isolated cell walls of Bacillus subtilis var. niger . Arch. Microbiol. 109, 195–197 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425135
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425135