A defined medium to investigate sliding motility in a <it>Bacillus subtilis </it>flagella-less mutant

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We have recently shown that undomesticated strains of <it>Bacillus subtilis </it>can extensively colonize the surfaces of rich, semi-solid media, by a flagellum-independent mechanism and suggested that sliding motility is...

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Main Authors: Kearns Daniel B, Fall Ray, Nguyen Tam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/6/31