The selective value of bacterial shape

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 660-703

  Young, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GROWTH RATE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDATION; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33749257121     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00001-06     Document Type: Review

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