Cell Division by Longitudinal Scission in the Insect Endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii
Spiroplasma bacteria are highly motile bacteria with no cell wall and a helical morphology. This clade includes many vertically transmitted insect endosymbionts, including Spiroplasma poulsonii, a natural endosymbiont of Drosophila melanogaster. S. poulsonii bacteria are mainly found in the hemolymp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-07-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e00881-16 |