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Biophysical basis for convergent evolution of two veil-forming microbes

Microbes living in stagnant water typically rely on chemical diffusion to draw nutrients from their environment. The sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thiovulum majus and the ciliate Uronemella have independently evolved the ability to form a ‘veil’, a centimetre-scale mucous sheet on which cells organize...

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Autores principales: Petroff, Alexander P., Pasulka, Alexis L., Soplop, Nadine, Wu, Xiao-Lun, Libchaber, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4680615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26716000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150437