<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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American Society for Microbiology
2017
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/5271839ea886466e849fbb3edf6d35d9 |
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