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Research note: differential chemotaxis of Physarum polycephalum to Salmonella gallinarum and Salmonella pullorum.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 1993
Moore R W, Scanlan C M, Belyavskyi M, Sauer H W, Hargis B M
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The chemotactic and chemotropic responses of the plasmodial stage of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum were used to distinguish Salmonella gallinarum and Salmonella pullorum from 10 Salmonella serovars that are commonly isolated from domestic poultry. Utilizing an in vitro plasmodium agar plate assay method, P. polycephalum was attracted to S. gallinarum and S. pullorum, but the organism was repelled by...
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