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Light on the cell cycle of the non-photosynthetic bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis.
Scientific reports - 11 Nov 2019
De Luca Gilles, Fochesato Sylvain, Lavergne Jérôme, Forest Katrina T, Barakat Mohamed, Ortet Philippe, Achouak Wafa, Heulin Thierry, Verméglio André
Abstract excerpt
Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310, a non-photosynthetic betaproteobacterium isolated from a semi-arid region of southern Tunisia, forms both rods and cysts. Cysts are resistant to desiccation and divide when water and nutrients are available. Rods are motile and capable of dissemination. Due to the strong correlation between sunlight and desiccation, light is probably an important external signal for anticipating...
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