Westphal K, Bock E, Cannon G, Shively J M
J Bacteriol. 1979 Oct;140(1):285-8. doi: 10.1128/jb.140.1.285-288.1979.
Carboxysomes were isolated from Nitrobacter winogradskyi and Nitrobacter agilis. The icosahedral particles contained double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In the presence of ethidium bromide and cesium chloride, the particle-bound DNA had a buoyant density of rho 25 = 1.701 g/cm3. Electron microscopy revealed the DNA to be a 14-micron circular molecule.