Bacillus subtilis spreads by surfing on waves of surfactant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 18109-18113

  Angelini, Thomas E ^a   Roper, Marcus ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^c   Weitz, David A ^a   Brenner, Michael P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Thin film hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOMETRY; HEAT STRESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; LIPOPEPTIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70849101227     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905890106     Document Type: Article

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