From Cell Differentiation to Cell Collectives: Bacillus subtilis Uses Division of Labor to Migrate

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  van Gestel, Jordi ^a,b   Vlamakis, Hera ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; TIME COURSE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MOVEMENT; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84929483922     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002141     Document Type: Article

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