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Envelope structure of Synechococcus sp. WH8113, a nonflagellated swimming cyanobacterium

BACKGROUND: Many bacteria swim by rotating helical flagellar filaments [1]. Waterbury et al. [15] discovered an exception, strains of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus that swim without flagella or visible changes in shape. Other species of cyanobacteria glide on surfaces [2,7]. The hypothesis that S...

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Autores principales: Samuel, Aravinthan DT, Petersen, Jennifer D, Reese, Thomas S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC31413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11329361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-1-4