Electron microscope image of the enrichment culture from the sewage treatment plant. (IMAGE)
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Electron microscope image of the enrichment culture from the sewage treatment plant. A Methanosaeta filament contains individual cells in a sheath, isolated from each other by a partition (A). The solid cell wall between the individual cells of the filament protects them from the dangers of the environment and from diseased neighboring cells. Some cells of the filament have been destroyed by Velamenicoccus archaeovorus (B, C). Velamenicoccus means “enveloped round cell” in English (D).
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Erhard Rhiel and Jens Harder/ Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Sea and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
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