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The Chimeric Genome of Sphaerochaeta: Nonspiral Spirochetes That Break with the Prevalent Dogma in Spirochete Biology

Spirochaetes is one of a few bacterial phyla that are characterized by a unifying diagnostic feature, namely, the helical morphology and motility conferred by axial periplasmic flagella. Their unique morphology and mode of propulsion also represent major pathogenicity factors of clinical spirochetes...

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Autores principales: Caro-Quintero, A., Ritalahti, K. M., Cusick, K. D., Löffler, F. E., Konstantinidis, K. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22589287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00025-12