Bacterial Swarms Recruit Cargo Bacteria To Pave the Way in Toxic Environments

ABSTRACT Swarming bacteria are challenged by the need to invade hostile environments. Swarms of the flagellated bacterium Paenibacillus vortex can collectively transport other microorganisms. Here we show that P. vortex can invade toxic environments by carrying antibiotic-degrading bacteria; this tr...

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Auteurs principaux: Alin Finkelshtein, Dalit Roth, Eshel Ben Jacob, Colin J. Ingham
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Langue:EN
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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