Propane-grown Rhodococcus ruber cells under scanning electron microscope (A) and their chips obtained by cryofractography (B, C)
A − strain IEGM 333, x 44,000. Knob-like outgrowths (arrow); B − strain IEGM 333, x 67,000; C – strain IEGM 342, x 78,000.
CW, cell wall; L, lipid inclusions; CM, cytoplasmic membrane; C, cytoplasm; RP, ring-shaped protrusions