@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-20-1-1, author = "Kriss, A. E. and Mitzkevich, I. N.", title = "Krassilnikoviae: A New Class of Micro-Organisms found in Sea and Ocean Depths", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1959", volume = "20", number = "1", pages = "1-12", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-20-1-1", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-20-1-1", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary: A new class of micro-organisms, the Krassilnikoviae, found in the Black Sea, the Pacific and the Arctic Oceans, is described. These organisms developed on slides immersed in the waters; they have not been cultivated in the laboratory. They consist of non-branching, non-septate filaments with a head at one end consisting of a cluster of round bodies. The filaments often become interlaced and form strings which can just be seen by the naked eye. They may or may not be contained in a sheath.", }