Swarming motility in undomesticated Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 581-590

  Kearns, Daniel B ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT; SURFACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041664046     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03584.x     Document Type: Article

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