Characterization of cyst cell formation in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-390

  Berleman, James E ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM; STARVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM;

EID: 1242273763     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26846-0     Document Type: Article

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