Discovery and Characterization of Iron Sulfide and Polyphosphate Bodies Coexisting in Archaeoglobus fulgidus Cells

Figure 1

Electron microscopy of A. fulgidus cells and visualization of intracellular granules. (a, b) Transmission electron microscopy images of an A. fulgidus cell stained by 1% uranyl acetate (UA) (a) or embedded in vitreous ice (b). (c, d) Representative TEM images of cell ghosts of A. fulgidus stained with UA (c) or embedded in vitreous ice (d). The remains from a possible dense granule are circled (d).

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