Caulobacter crescentus (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Caulobacter crescentus

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Caulobacter crescentus affixes itself to solid objects with its stalk and holdfast. Here, two sessile "stalk" cells (bottom) spawn mobile "swarmer" clones of themselves (top).

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Yves Brun

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