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Mechanisms of Bacterial (Serratia marcescens) Attachment to, Migration along, and Killing of Fungal Hyphae.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2016
Hover Tal, Maya Tal, Ron Sapir, Sandovsky Hani, Shadkchan Yana, Kijner Nitzan, Mitiagin Yulia, Fichtman Boris, Harel Amnon, Shanks Robert M Q, Bruna Roberto E, García-Véscovi Eleonora, Osherov Nir
Abstract excerpt
We have found a remarkable capacity for the ubiquitous Gram-negative rod bacterium Serratia marcescens to migrate along and kill the mycelia of zygomycete molds. This migration was restricted to zygomycete molds and several basidiomycete species. No migration was seen on any molds of the phylum Ascomycota. S. marcescens migration did not require fungal viability or surrounding growth medium, as bacteria migrated...
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