Leptospira Species in the Environment
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Introduction
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Figure 2.The outer membrane (Om), inner membrane (IM), peptidoglycan layer (PG), and periplasmic flagellum (PF) in a 3-D reconstruction of intact L. interrogans (A) and L. biflexa (B).Zoom-in views reveal the detail of the cell envelope of L. interrogans (C) and L. biflexa (D). Panels E and F show the density profiles of L. interrogans and L. biflexa, respectively.
By Toni Miller
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Figure 4. Two types of spherical bodies in Leptospira spp. High and low density spherical bodies were labeled with dark and white arrows, respectively. (A) Cryo-ET tomogram slice of an L. biflexa cell, with spherical bodies (`100nm) located in the cell center. (B) Cryo-ET of an L. interrogancs cell shows that the spherical bodies are randomly positioned along the cell body, with a diameter of `30 nm. (C) High-magnificatoin view of a spherical body showing the absence of a phospholipid bilayer.
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