A morphological transition in the pleomorphic bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1026-1030

  Gommeaux, Maxime ^a   Barakat, Mohamed ^a   Lesourd, Maurice ^b   Thiéry, Jean ^a   Heulin, Thierry ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Ramlibacter morphotypes; Size estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMAMONADACEAE; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MORPHOGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RAMLIBACTER; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS;

EID: 28444453693     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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