Bdellovibrio: growth and development during the predatory cycle

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 639-644

  Lambert, Carey ^a   Morehouse, Karen A ^a   Chang, Chien Yi ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BDELLOVIBRIO; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BDELLOVIBRIO; CELL MEMBRANE; FOOD CHAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33751201804     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.10.002     Document Type: Review

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