Predatory Bdellovibrio bacteria use gliding motility to scout for prey on surfaces

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3139-3141

  Lambert, Carey ^a   Fenton, Andrew K ^a   Hobley, Laura ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BDELLOVIBRIO; BIOFILMS; CHEMOTAXIS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79958042868     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00224-11     Document Type: Article

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