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Live-Cell Imaging of the Life Cycle of Bacterial Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus using Time-Lapse Fluorescence Microscopy
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[A comparative study of the effect of certain pollutants on free-living and immobilized Bdellovibrio]
1Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia.
Mikrobiologiia
|April 13, 2004
Abstract:
The paper deals with a comparative study of the growth of free-living and immobilized predatory bacteria of the genus Bdellovibrio in the presence of toxic concentrations of urea and phenol. It was found that the cell wall of bdelloplasts plays a protective role in the adaptation of bdellovibrios to xenobiotics. The attachment of bdellovibrios to solid surfaces allows them to survive under unfavorable environmental conditions.
