| Range |
diameter ~100 - 150nm: width of central pore ~10 - 20nm nm
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| Organism |
Bacteria Caulobacter crescentus |
| Reference |
Young KD. The selective value of bacterial shape. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2006 Sep70(3):660-703 DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00001-06 p.668 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID16959965
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| Primary Source |
[253] Poindexter JS. The caulobacters: ubiquitous unusual bacteria. Microbiol Rev. 1981 Mar45(1):123-79PubMed ID7012570
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| Comments |
P.668 right column 2nd paragraph: "Prosthecae represent an extreme example of the control of cell diameter, and some may represent the minimum diameter available to a cylindrical cell. C. crescentus prosthecae are ∼100 to 150 nm in diameter, and the width of the central pore is only ∼10 to 20 nm (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
115579 |