| Range |
In bdelloplast 0.87: before infection 1.66 μm
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| Organism |
Bacteria Bdellovibrio bacteriovourus |
| Reference |
Fenton AK, Kanna M, Woods RD, Aizawa SI, Sockett RE. Shadowing the actions of a predator: backlit fluorescent microscopy reveals synchronous nonbinary septation of predatory Bdellovibrio inside prey and exit through discrete bdelloplast pores. J Bacteriol. 2010 Dec192(24):6329-35 p.6329 left column top paragraphPubMed ID20935099
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| Method |
Electron microscopy |
| Comments |
The single invaded bacterium (in this study E. coli) is called a bdelloplast. Newly formed Bdellovibrio progeny, having escaped the confines
of the bdelloplast, go through a further phase where the
cell length increases yet the cell width remains similar. This is
observed as a near doubling in average progeny cell length, from 0.87µm±0.12µm (n=89) within the bdelloplast to
1.66µm±0.24µm (n=100) after bdelloplast escape, measured
by electron microscopy (Fig. 4). |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108189 |