Maybe they wanted to sound careful. I guess that densely packed spirals which ta...

bayesianhorse on March 10, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: First detailed microscopy evidence of ‘nanobacteri...

Maybe they wanted to sound careful. I guess that densely packed spirals which take up a significant part of the miniscule volume would almost have to be the DNA, after all 1 Mbp need to have a certain volume, but I don't know the specifics and how bacteria tend to pack their DNA.