Quantitative analysis of morphogenesis and growth dynamics in an obligate intracellular bacterium
Wanda M. Figueroa-Cuilan, Oihane Irazoki, Marissa Feeley, Erika Smith, Trung Hieu Nguyen, Felipe Cava, Erin D. Goley
Abstract
Quantitative methods are described and applied to analyze the morphogenesis and growth of an obligate intracellular rickettsial pathogen in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic host.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyObligateMorphogenesisIntracellular parasiteIntracellularCytoplasmCell biologyBacteriaPathogenMicrobiologyGeneticsGeneEcologyVector-borne infectious diseasesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies