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Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium

Bacterial biofilms are aggregates of surface-associated cells embedded in an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) matrix, and are typically stationary. Studies of bacterial collective movement have largely focused on swarming motility mediated by flagella or pili, in the absence of a biofilm. Here, we...

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Autores principales: Li, Chao, Hurley, Amanda, Hu, Wei, Warrick, Jay W., Lozano, Gabriel L., Ayuso, Jose M., Pan, Wenxiao, Handelsman, Jo, Beebe, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34588437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25408-7