Article
The role of swarm cell differentiation and multicellular migration in the uropathogenicity of Proteus mirabilis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 1994
Allison C, Emödy L, Coleman N, Hughes C
Abstract excerpt
The uropathogenic bacterium Proteus mirabilis displays a form of multicellular behavior called swarming, in which typical vegetative rods differentiate into long hyperflagellate swarm cells that undergo rapid and coordinated population migration across surfaces. Such behavior might inherently assist ascending colonization of the urinary tract, and it has also been shown that swarming differentiation in vitro is...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Movement
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Mice
- Mutation
- Proteus Infections
- Proteus mirabilis
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Virulence