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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |