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The genomic basis for the evolution of a novel form of cellular reproduction in the bacterium Epulopiscium

BACKGROUND: Epulopiscium sp. type B, a large intestinal bacterial symbiont of the surgeonfish Naso tonganus, does not reproduce by binary fission. Instead, it forms multiple intracellular offspring using a process with morphological features similar to the survival strategy of endospore formation in...

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Autores principales: Miller, David A, Suen, Garret, Clements, Kendall D, Angert, Esther R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22721417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-265