%0 Journal Article %A Chang, Helen Y. Y. %A Allen, Mary M. %T The Isolation of Rhapidosomes from the Blue-green Alga, Spirulina %D 1974 %J Microbiology, %V 81 %N 1 %P 121-130 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-81-1-121 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY: Rhapidosomes, similar to those found in the flexibacterium Saprospira, have been isolated in the blue-green algal counterpart of Saprospira, Spirulina. They have been partially purified by renografin density gradients and shown to contain protein and a negligible amount of nucleic acid. Mitomycin C induction causes an increase in the number of rhapidosomes as well as an increase in the number of intact rhapidosome particles. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-81-1-121