Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the genetics of Caulobacter crescentus.
Caulobacter crescentus is a gram-negative, aquatic bacterium, characterized by an unusual …

Distinctive in morphology and possibly as ubiquitous in the biosphere as water itself, the
caulobacters have excited greater interest by their developmental peculiarities than by their …

To determine the potential for bacteriophage-mediated gene transfer in the marine
environment, we established transduction systems by using marine phage host isolates …

There is renewed interest in bacterial viruses (phages) as alternatives to antibiotics. All
phage treatments to date have used virulent phages rather than temperate ones, as these …

First isolated and classified in the 1960s, Caulobacter crescentus has been instrumental in
the study of bacterial cell biology and differentiation. C. crescentus is a Gram-negative …

Pilus assembly in Caulobacter crescentus occurs during a short period of the cell cycle and
pili are only present at the flagellar pole of the swarmer cell. Here we report a novel assay to …

The onset of motility late in the Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle depends on a signal
transduction pathway mediated by the histidine kinase PleC and response regulator DivK …

The dimorphic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus has evolved marked phenotypic changes
during its 50-year history of culture in the laboratory environment, providing an excellent …

Caulobacter crescentus was found to have a DNA methyltransferase, CcrM, that methylates
the adenine base of the Hinfl recognition sequence, GANTC. The ccrM gene was cloned …

In Caulobacter crescentus, intact cables of the actin homologue, MreB, are required for the
proper spatial positioning of MurG which catalyses the final step in peptidoglycan precursor …