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

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 transport i...

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Autores principales: Finkelshtein, Alin, Roth, Dalit, Ben Jacob, Eshel, Ingham, Colin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25968641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00074-15

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