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Indications for a genetic basis for big bacteria and description of the giant cable bacterium Candidatus Electrothrix gigas sp. nov.

Bacterial cells can vary greatly in size, from a few hundred nanometers to hundreds of micrometers in diameter. Filamentous cable bacteria also display substantial size differences, with filament diameters ranging from 0.4 to 8 µm. We analyzed the genomes of cable bacterium filaments from 11 coastal...

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Autores principales: Geelhoed, Jeanine S., Thorup, Casper A., Bjerg, Jesper J., Schreiber, Lars, Nielsen, Lars Peter, Schramm, Andreas, Meysman, Filip J. R., Marshall, Ian P. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10580974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37732806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00538-23