Organized cell swimming motions in Bacillus subtilis colonies: Patterns of short-lived whirls and jets

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 600-609

  Mendelson, Neil H ^a   Bourque, Adrienne ^a   Wilkening, Kathryn ^a   Anderson, Kevin R ^a   Watkins, Joseph C ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MOTION; COLONY FORMATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032956539     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.600-609.1999     Document Type: Article

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