Article
Mutations that impair swarming motility in Serratia marcescens 274 include but are not limited to those affecting chemotaxis or flagellar function.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 1992
O'Rear J, Alberti L, Harshey R M
Abstract excerpt
Serratia marcescens exists in two cell forms and displays two kinds of motility depending on the type of growth surface encountered (L. Alberti and R. M. Harshey, J. Bacteriol. 172:4322-4328, 1990). In liquid medium, the bacteria are short rods with few flagella and show classical swimming behavior. Upon growth on a solid surface (0.7 to 0.85% agar), they differentiate into elongated, multinucleate, copiously...
Topics
- Cell Division
- Cell Movement
- Chemotaxis
- Flagella
- Flagellin
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Mutation
- Serratia marcescens