Novel pseudotaxis mechanisms improve migration of straight- swimming bacterial mutants through a porous environment

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mohari, Bitan ^a   Licata, Nicholas A ^a,b   Kysela, David T ^a   Merritt, Peter M ^a,c   Mukhopadhay, Suchetana ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a   Setayeshgar, Sima ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^c Cytek Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN FLGE; PROTEIN FLI; PROTEIN FLIK; PROTEIN MOTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGAR; CULTURE MEDIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRACKING; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTAXIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGAR; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 84930010652     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00005-15     Document Type: Article

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