Caulobacter and Asticcacaulis stalk bands as indicators of stalk age

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3939-3948

  Poindexter, Jeanne S ^a   Staley, James T ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ASTICCACAULIS; ASTICCACAULIS BIPROSTHECIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029931228     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3939-3948.1996     Document Type: Article

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