Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium
Bacterial biofilms are aggregates of surface-associated cells embedded in an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) matrix. Here, the authors describe a unique mode of collective movement by self-propelled, surface-associated spherical microcolonies with EPS cores in the gliding bacterium Flavobacterium...
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| author | Chao Li Amanda Hurley Wei Hu Jay W. Warrick Gabriel L. Lozano Jose M. Ayuso Wenxiao Pan Jo Handelsman David J. Beebe |
| author_facet | Chao Li Amanda Hurley Wei Hu Jay W. Warrick Gabriel L. Lozano Jose M. Ayuso Wenxiao Pan Jo Handelsman David J. Beebe |
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| description | Bacterial biofilms are aggregates of surface-associated cells embedded in an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) matrix. Here, the authors describe a unique mode of collective movement by self-propelled, surface-associated spherical microcolonies with EPS cores in the gliding bacterium Flavobacterium johnsoniae. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-421e789d126f4e939238cae1b7ddb3d72022-12-21T21:47:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-09-0112111210.1038/s41467-021-25408-7Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacteriumChao Li0Amanda Hurley1Wei Hu2Jay W. Warrick3Gabriel L. Lozano4Jose M. Ayuso5Wenxiao Pan6Jo Handelsman7David J. Beebe8Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-MadisonWisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-MadisonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonWisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-MadisonCarbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-MadisonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonWisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-MadisonCarbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-MadisonBacterial biofilms are aggregates of surface-associated cells embedded in an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) matrix. Here, the authors describe a unique mode of collective movement by self-propelled, surface-associated spherical microcolonies with EPS cores in the gliding bacterium Flavobacterium johnsoniae.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25408-7 |
| spellingShingle | Chao Li Amanda Hurley Wei Hu Jay W. Warrick Gabriel L. Lozano Jose M. Ayuso Wenxiao Pan Jo Handelsman David J. Beebe Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium Nature Communications |
| title | Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium |
| title_full | Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium |
| title_fullStr | Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium |
| title_short | Social motility of biofilm-like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium |
| title_sort | social motility of biofilm like microcolonies in a gliding bacterium |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25408-7 |
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