<italic toggle="yes">Bacillus subtilis</italic> Swarmer Cells Lead the Swarm, Multiply, and Generate a Trail of Quiescent Descendants

<italic toggle="yes">Bacillus subtilis</italic> Swarmer Cells Lead the Swarm, Multiply, and Generate a Trail of Quiescent Descendants

ABSTRACT Bacteria adopt social behavior to expand into new territory, led by specialized swarmers, before forming a biofilm. Such mass migration of Bacillus subtilis on a synthetic medium produces hyperbranching dendrites that transiently (equivalent to 4 to 5 generations of growth) maintain a cellu...

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Main Authors: Lina Hamouche, Soumaya Laalami, Adrian Daerr, Solène Song, I. Barry Holland, Simone J. Séror, Kassem Hamze, Harald Putzer
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5271839ea886466e849fbb3edf6d35d9
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