Predatory mechanisms of Bdellovibrio and like organisms

Future Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Strauch, Eckhard ^a   Schwudke, Dominik ^b   Linscheid, Michael ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriovorax; Bdellovibrio; Bdellovibrio and like organisms; Living antibiotic; Peredibacter; Predatory prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; BDELLOVIBRIO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BDELLOVIBRIO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOVORAX; BDELLOVIBRIO; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PEREDIBACTER; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 34248647284     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460913.2.1.63     Document Type: Review

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