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THE introduction of a technique for cutting ultra-thin sections of biological tissue with the conventional microtome1 has also made feasible the sectioning of isolated cells for the electron microscope. Bacterial cells were chosen as a first example because of convenient size, ease of handling in large numbers, and because of the intrinsic importance of any new approach to the problems of bacterial morphology.
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Pease, D. C. ; and Baker, R. F., Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 67 (4), 470 (April 1948).
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BAKER, R., PEASE, D. Sectioning of the Bacterial Cell for the Electron Microscope. Nature 163, 282 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163282a0
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