Lysis of Sphaerotilus natans swarm cells by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 29 ·No. 5 ·1975-05-00 ·Pages 702-5

Venosa AD

Abstract

Six strains of Sphaerotilus natans (smooth form) were lysed by five parasitic strains of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. The possible use of Bdellovibrio to control the proliferation of S. natans in the environment was hypothesized.

MeSH Terms

Bacteria/growth & development,ultrastructure Bacteriolysis Cytoplasm/microbiology Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria/ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron Sewage Water Microbiology Water Pollution

Chemicals

Sewage

Authors & Affiliations

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Venosa A D

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.29.5.702-705.1975

Published

1975-05-00

Pages

702-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC187059

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.29.5.702-705.1975 PMC Full Text

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