Taber's Medical Dictionary
Caulobacter crescentus
(kawl-ŏ-băk′tĕr krĕ-sĕn′tŭs )
A single-celled slightly curved bacterium that thrives in watery environments. It exists in two forms: a flagellated swarmer cell, and a stalked cell.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Caulobacter Crescentus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740273/all/Caulobacter_crescentus.
Caulobacter crescentus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740273/all/Caulobacter_crescentus. Accessed April 27, 2026.
Caulobacter crescentus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740273/all/Caulobacter_crescentus
Caulobacter Crescentus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 27]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740273/all/Caulobacter_crescentus.
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