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The Genus Bdellovibrio

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The Prokaryotes

Introduction

Bdellovibrio spp. are Gram negative, motile, and uniflagellated bacteria. What characterizes this bacterial genus as unique is its predatory behavior: Bdellovibrios attack other Gram negative cells, penetrate their periplasm, multiply in their cytoplasm, and finally burst their cell envelopes to start anew (Figure 1). Although many predator bacteria may lyse other bacteria, and many “micropredators” have been described, these Bdellovibrio-like organisms can grow without bacterial prey and do not divide inside the periplasm (Varon and Shilo, 1978).

Fig. 1.
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The life cycle of Bdellovibrio. 1. Attack-phase cells; 2. Attachment to the prey’s outer membrane; 3. Penetration; 4. Initiation of growth; 5. Intraperiplasmic growth; 6. Differentiation into attack cells and lysis of the prey envelope.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Box 196, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin Professor Dr. (Editor-in-Chief) (Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel

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  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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Jurkevitch, E. (2006). The Genus Bdellovibrio . In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30747-8_2

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