Cell dimensions
Range | width 0.25: length 1 μm |
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Organism | Bacteria Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus |
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 |
Comments | "Although Bdellovibrio bacteria were discovered in 1962, their small size (0.25 by 1 µm, compared to the more usual 1- by 3-µm dimensions of a typical Escherichia coli cell) and the very nature of their growth within the periplasm of another bacterium has made their growth and development recalcitrant to live microscopic studies." |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 108186 |