The common origin and degenerative evolution of flagella in Actinobacteria
ABSTRACTSpecies of the phylum Actinobacteria have long time been thought mostly non-motile and non-flagellated, in spite of their extraordinary diversity in morphology, physiology, and ecology. It remains unclear how very few actinobacterial species acquired their flagellar genes and the role of fla...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-12-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02526-23 |