Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea

Abstract Several groups of bacteria have complex life cycles involving cellular differentiation and multicellular structures. For example, actinobacteria of the genus Streptomyces form multicellular vegetative hyphae, aerial hyphae, and spores. However, similar life cycles have not yet been describe...

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Main Authors: Shu-Kun Tang, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Yao Zhang, Kira S. Makarova, Bing-Bing Liu, Guo-Song Zheng, Zhen-Peng Zhang, Hua-Jun Zheng, Yuri I. Wolf, Yu-Rong Zhao, Song-Hao Jiang, Xi-Ming Chen, En-Yuan Li, Tao Zhang, Pei-Ru Chen, Yu-Zhou Feng, Ming-Xian Xiang, Zhi-Qian Lin, Jia-Hui Shi, Cheng Chang, Xue Zhang, Rui Li, Kai Lou, Yun Wang, Lei Chang, Min Yin, Ling-Ling Yang, Hui-Ying Gao, Zhong-Kai Zhang, Tian-Shen Tao, Tong-Wei Guan, Fu-Chu He, Yin-Hua Lu, Heng-Lin Cui, Eugene V. Koonin, Guo-Ping Zhao, Ping Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37389-w