Staphylococcus aureus forms spreading dendrites that have characteristics of active motility

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pollitt, Eric J G ^a,b   Crusz, Shanika A ^a   Diggle, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DENDRITE; PLANT SEED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

SURFACTANT;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOVEMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84950327518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17698     Document Type: Article

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