Caulobacter

Caulobacter
"Caulobacter crescentus"
Caulobacter crescentus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Caulobacterales
Family: Caulobacteraceae
Genus: Caulobacter
Poindexter 1964
Species

C. crescentus
C. daechungensis
C. flavus
C. fusiformis
C. ginsengisoli
C. heinricii
C. hibisci
C. mirabilis
C. mirare
C. profundis
C. radicis
C. rhizosphaerae
C. segnis
C. zeae

Caulobacter is a genus of gram-negative bacteria.[1]

One of the members of this genus is Caulobacter crescentus. This bacterium is useful for research in bacterial differentiation and development.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Curtis, Patrick D.; Brun, Yves V. "Getting in the loop: regulation of development in Caulobacter crescentus". Microbiology and molecular biology reviews: MMBR. 74 (1): 13–41. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00040-09. ISSN 1098-5557. PMC 2832345. PMID 20197497.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Velocity; Jiang, Chao; Brun, Yves. "Caulobacter crescentus" (PDF). Cell Press. 22.