Initiation of chromosomal replication in predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a small Gram-negative predatory bacterium that attacks other Gram-negative bacteria, including many animal, human, and plant pathogens. This bacterium exhibits a peculiar biphasic life cycle during which two different types of cells are produced: non-replicating highly...

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Main Authors: Lukasz Makowski, Rafal Donczew, Christoph Weigel, Anna Magdalena Pawlik, Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwinska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01898/full