Binary or Nonbinary Fission? Reproductive Mode of a Predatory Bacterium Depends on Prey Size

ABSTRACT Most bacteria, including model organisms such as Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Caulobacter crescentus, reproduce by binary fission. However, some bacteria belonging to various lineages, including antibiotic-producing Streptomyces and predatory Bdellovibrio, proliferate by nonbina...

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Main Authors: Karolina Pląskowska, Łukasz Makowski, Agnieszka Strzałka, Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00772-23