Gigantism in a bacterium, Epulopiscium fishelsoni, correlates with complex patterns in arrangement, quantity, and segregation of DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5601-5611

  Bresler, V ^a   Montgomery, W L ^b   Fishelson, L ^a   Pollak, P E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TELEOST;

ACANTHURUS NIGROFUSCUS; EPULOPISCIUM FISHELSONI;

EID: 0031771711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5601-5611.1998     Document Type: Article

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