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You are what you talk: quorum sensing induces individual morphologies and cell division modes in Dinoroseobacter shibae.
The ISME journal - 1 Dec 2013
Patzelt Diana, Wang Hui, Buchholz Ina, Rohde Manfred, Gröbe Lothar, Pradella Silke, Neumann Alexander, Schulz Stefan, Heyber Steffi, Münch Karin, Münch Richard, Jahn Dieter, Wagner-Döbler Irene, Tomasch Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
Dinoroseobacter shibae, a member of the Roseobacter clade abundant in marine environments, is characterized by a pronounced pleomorphism. Cell shapes range from variable-sized ovoid rods to long filaments with a high copy number of chromosomes. Time-lapse microscopy shows cells dividing either by binary fission or by budding from the cell poles. Here we demonstrate that this morphological heterogeneity is induced...
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