PROTEOBACTERIA >> Alpha >> Asticcacaulis >> Asticcacaulis excentricus
ASTICCACAULIS EXCENTRICUS
| Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Asticcacaulis |
| Species: | Asticcacaulis excentricus |
| Description: | Asticcacaulis excentricus inhabits aquatic environments and plays an important part in biogeochemical cycling of organic nutrients. This bacterium undergoes an unusual developmental cycle in which a swarming motile cell becomes a stalked cell that is attached to a solid surface. The stalked cell then undergoes asymmetric cell division and produces one flagellated motile daughter cell and one stalked daughter cell. The stalked cell immediately undergoes replication and division, while in the swarmer cell these processes are inhibited. Thus, the asymmetric processes in this organism provide useful models for differentiation and development. |
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| Source: | Asticcacaulis excentricus inhabits aquatic environments and plays an important part in biogeochemical cycling of organic nutrients. |
| Pathogenicity: | This bacterium undergoes an unusual developmental cycle in which a swarming motile cell becomes a stalked cell that is attached to a solid surface |
| Genbank: | NC_014816.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 2.59 |
| GC %: | 59.2 |
| Genes: | 3,816 |
| CDS Number: | 3,754 |
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