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WHEN bacterial cells are disrupted by any of the methods now in use, a considerable amount of ultra-microscopic particles is released from them, and these can be isolated by ultracentrifugation, usually for 1–2 hr. at 100,000g. This fraction is quite heterogeneous. The function and localization in the cell of its different components are not yet clearly known. This is probably the reason why the nomenclature of these particles is still in a rather confused state. According to different authors they have been called ‘mitochondria’, ‘microsomes’, ‘particles’, ‘small particles’, ‘particulate fraction’, ‘ETP’ etc.
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DE LEY, J. ‘Oxidosomes’ in Bacterial Anatomy. Nature 188, 331 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188331a0
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