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Achromatium oxaliferum Understanding the Unmistakable

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Advances in Microbial Ecology

Part of the book series: Advances in Microbial Ecology ((AMIE,volume 16))

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Given that the genus Achromatium was first described over a century ago and is probably the largest free-living single-celled prokaryote (individual cells can be greater than 100 µm in length), microbiologists have made remarkably little progress toward its characterization. There is limited understanding of its function in the natural environment and its physiology, and to date it has proven impossible to develop techniques to cultivate this extraordinarily distinct bacterium. Consequently, our knowledge of most spheres of its activity is rudimentary.

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Head, I.M., Gray, N.D., Howarth, R., Pickup, R.W., Clarke, K.J., Jones, J.G. (2000). Achromatium oxaliferum Understanding the Unmistakable. In: Schink, B. (eds) Advances in Microbial Ecology. Advances in Microbial Ecology, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4187-5_1

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