Bacillus subtilis macrofibres, colonies and bioconvection patterns use different strategies to achieve multicellular organization

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 471-477

  Mendelson, Neil H ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONVECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; MORPHOGENESIS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033301903     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00066.x     Document Type: Review

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