Manipulating each MreB of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus gives diverse morphological and predatory phenotypes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1299-1311

  Fenton, Andrew Karl ^a   Lambert, Carey ^a   Wagstaff, Peter Charles ^a   Sockett, Renee Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A22 PROTEIN; ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MREB1 PROTEIN; MREB2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TEALFLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BDELLOPLAST; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DEGRADATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIFESTYLE; MORPHOTYPE; MREB GENE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BDELLOVIBRIO; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77749288955     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01157-09     Document Type: Article

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