Surface-Associated Flagellum Formation and Swarming Differentiation in Bacillus subtilis Are Controlled by the ifm Locus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1158-1164

  Senesi, Sonia ^a   Ghelardi, Emilia ^a   Celandroni, Francesco ^a   Salvetti, Sara ^a   Parisio, Eva ^a   Galizzi, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUBACTERIUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; IFM GENE; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1142274342     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.1158-1164.2004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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