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. 1974 Oct;120(1):549–551. doi: 10.1128/jb.120.1.549-551.1974

Chemotaxis in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Susan C Straley 1, S F Conti 1
PMCID: PMC245800  PMID: 4608875

Abstract

Chemotaxis toward yeast extract is demonstrated in obligately and facultatively parasitic strains of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

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