Identification and characterization of a highly motile and antibiotic refractory subpopulation involved in the expansion of swarming colonies of Paenibacillus vortex

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2532-2544

  Roth, Dalit ^a   Finkelshtein, Alin ^a   Ingham, Colin ^b   Helman, Yael ^c   Sirota Madi, Alexandra ^a,d   Brodsky, Leonid ^a,e   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a,f  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MicroDish BV   (Netherlands)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; KANAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KANAMYCIN; PAENIBACILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROCRAMBE HASTATA; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 84883557240     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12160     Document Type: Article

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