Pole age affects cell size and the timing of cell division in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5216-5221

  Bergmiller, Tobias ^a,b   Ackermann, Martin ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Environmental Microbiology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CLONE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CELL DIVISION; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 80053586227     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00329-11     Document Type: Article

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