J. Biochem, 1980, Vol. 87, No. 4 1257-1259
© 1980 Japanese Biochemical Society
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Application of Mössbauer Spectroscopy to Wet Bacterial Cells
*Institute of Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo Minato-ku, Tokyo 106
**Institute for Molecular Science Okazaki, Aichi 444
***Department of Chemistry, Shizuoka University Oya, Shizuoka 422
Although Mössbauer spectroscopy has been applied only to samples in the dry or frozen state, we present evidence showing that this spectroscopy is applicable to biological iron compounds in the wet state if they are tightly bound to the cell membrane or cell wall.
1 Present address: Kawasaki Branch Office, 5th Research Institute, Defense Agency, Japan.