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Genetic determinants of swarming in Rhizobium etli.
Microbial ecology - 1 Jan 2008
Braeken Kristien, Daniels Ruth, Vos Karen, Fauvart Maarten, Bachaspatimayum Debkumari, Vanderleyden Jos, Michiels Jan
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Swarming motility is considered to be a social phenomenon that enables groups of bacteria to move coordinately atop solid surfaces. The differentiated swarmer cell population is embedded in an extracellular slime layer, and the phenomenon has previously been linked with biofilm formation and virulence. The gram-negative nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 was previously shown to display...
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