Caulobacter

Broader Terms

bacteria

Related Terms

aerobic bacteria, gram negative bacteria

Scope Note

genus of gram negative, aerobic, rod or vibroid shaped or fusiform bacteria that commonly produce a stalk; found in fresh water and soil and divide by binary transverse fission.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Caulobacter is ideal for cell cycle studies, because it is easy to isolate a population of cells in G1 phase and this population passes synchronously through the cell cycle.
• Caulobacter is a "beautifully asymmetric organism" for studying how proteins are asymmetrically directed to the two poles and elsewhere in this process.
• Protein localization being controlled by phosphorylation in Caulobacter is an exciting discovery, but is of little concern for those working outside of the Caulobacter field.
• Caulobacter isolated from sewage tended to carry more plasmids than freshwater Caulobacter, and showed an increase in resistance to many second generation antibiotics when compared to their freshwater counterparts.
• Caulobacter is a distinctive genus of prosthecate bacteria.