Data Sheet 1 for Part II



Various images of nanobacteria
 
 
 
Fig. 1. Light and electron microscopic images of nanobacteria.
 
(A) DIC image of bottom-attached nanobacteria after a 2-month culture period.
 
(B) DNA staining of the same area (X1600) with the modified Hoechst method.
 
(C) Negative staining of nanobacteria isolated directly from FBS. (Bar = 200 nm.)
 
(D) SEM micrograph showing their variable size. (Bar = 1 µm.)
 
(E) A dividing nanobacterium covered with a "hairy" apatite layer. (Bar = 100 nm.)
 
Source: Kajander and Ciftcioglu 1998 (PNAS 95: 8274-8279).
Copyright 1998 National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. Used with permission.


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