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The curved shape of Caulobacter crescentus enhances surface colonization in flow

Each bacterial species has a characteristic shape, but the benefits of specific morphologies remain largely unknown. To understand potential functions for cell shape, we focused on the curved bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. Paradoxically, C. crescentus curvature is robustly maintained in the wild...

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Autores principales: Persat, Alexandre, Stone, Howard A., Gitai, Zemer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4104588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24806788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4824