Bacterial cell biology outside the streetlight.
As much as vertical transmission of microbial symbionts requires their deep integration into the host reproductive and developmental biology, symbiotic lifestyle might profoundly affect bacterial growth and proliferation. This review describes the reproductive oddities displayed by bacteria associated - more or less intimately - with multicellular eukaryotes.
Department of Ecogenetics & Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
Silvia
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Bulgheresi
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013559:Symbiosis