Redox Sensing within the Genus Shewanella

A novel bacterial behavior called congregation was recently described in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 as the accumulation of cells around insoluble electron acceptors (IEA). It is the result of a series of “run-and-reversal” events enabled by modulation of swimming speed and direction. The model propo...

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Main Authors: Howard W. Harris, Irene Sánchez-Andrea, Jeffrey S. McLean, Everett C. Salas, William Tran, Mohamed Y. El-Naggar, Kenneth H. Nealson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02568/full