Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Determining the bacterial cell biology of Planctomycetes

  • Christian Boedeker,
  • Margarete Schüler,
  • Greta Reintjes,
  • Olga Jeske,
  • Muriel C. F. van Teeseling,
  • Mareike Jogler,
  • Patrick Rast,
  • Daniela Borchert,
  • Damien P. Devos,
  • Martin Kucklick,
  • Miroslava Schaffer,
  • Roberto Kolter,
  • Laura van Niftrik,
  • Susanne Engelmann,
  • Rudolf Amann,
  • Manfred Rohde,
  • Harald Engelhardt,
  • Christian Jogler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14853
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Several unusual features have been reported for bacteria of the phylum Planctomycetes, such as cytosolic compartmentalization and an endocytosis-like process. Here, Boedekeret al. provide evidence supporting a Gram-negative cell plan and the absence of endocytosis-like processes in these organisms.