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Gas-Vacuolate Bacteria (Apart from Cyanobacteria)

  • Walsby A
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (1981), 441-447
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_28
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Abstract

Gas vacuoles are found almost exclusively in aquatic bacteria, where they provide buoyancy. By regulating their buoyancy through control of gas vacuoles, these bacteria may be able to select particular depths where the conditions are favorable for growth. In this way...

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Walsby, A. E. (1981). Gas-Vacuolate Bacteria (Apart from Cyanobacteria). In The Prokaryotes (pp. 441–447). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_28

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