The division during bacterial sporulation is symmetrically located in Sporosarcina ureae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1091-1098

  Zhang, Ling ^a   Higgins, Michael L ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SPOROSARCINA UREAE;

EID: 0030985487     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5341892.x     Document Type: Article

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