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SUBMITTER: Path2Models project
PROVIDER: BMID000000141592 | biostudies-other |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): 24180668
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

PloS one 20110901 9
Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310(T) (strain TTB310), a betaproteobacterium isolated from a semi-arid region of South Tunisia (Tataouine), is characterized by the presence of both spherical and rod-shaped cells in pure culture. Cell division of strain TTB310 occurs by the binary fission of spherical "cyst-like" cells ("cyst-cyst" division). The rod-shaped cells formed at the periphery of a colony (consisting mainly of cysts) are highly motile and colonize a new environment, where they form a new ...[more]