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The bacterium does so by molecular “sensors” that measure glucose, a molecular motor with a stator and a rotor that can rotate in either direction, and a flagellum that can rotate in two directions, causing “swimming” in one direction and “tumbling” in the other.
This strongly suggests, says Cooper, that the bacterium that was cultured was a modern bacterium, rather than an ancient specimen.
Nod factors are a rhizobial species-specific family of lipo-chito-oligosaccharides which function in signal exchange between the bacterium and its symbiotic partner plant [ 38 ] . The first visible signs of nodule formation (root-hair deformation) as part of the symbiotic pathway are triggered by Nod factors [ 39 ] , and although the specific mechanisms of Nod factor function remain unknown, it is clear that it has a central role in initiation of cell division and possibly also nodule differentiation in the root [ 40 ] . For most rhizobia, the product of nodD acts as a transcriptional activator and induces expression of a set of nod genes.
However, the CyaB adenylyl cyclase, which was identified in the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila is unrelated to any of these above superfamilies of enzymes [ 16 ] . Though close relatives of this enzyme exist in some bacteria, like
In a single instance, in the Gram-positive bacterium Ruminococcus albus, the gene encoding a RAD52 superfamily protein occurs adjacent to a gene for a λ-type exonuclease.