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IT has recently been shown1 that Sphaerotilus natans, when grown in 0.1 per cent peptone and afterwards exposed to an atmosphere of hydrogen sulphide, deposits sulphur intracellularly. Under phase contrast, there was a suggestion that the oxidation was associated with distinct granules within the cells. It has since been shown that these granules have properties attributed to mitochondria. Acting on the hypothesis that any large cell with well-defined granules would deposit sulphur intracellularly under similar conditions, several yeasts and one unidentified species of the fungus Alternaria were similarly treated.
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Skerman, V. B. D., Dementjev, Galina, and Carey, Barbara M., J. Bact. (in the press).
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SKERMAN, V., DEMENTJEV, G. & SKYRING, G. Deposition of Sulphur from Hydrogen Sulphide by Bacteria and Yeast. Nature 179, 742 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179742a0
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