Abstract
Escherichia coli can form linear trails and move in a flagellum-independent manner on semisolid agar containing carbon sources. Trail formation seemed to correlate with the growth speed and/or carbon metabolism. Cell morphology in linear trails changed into larger cell sizes. We speculate that the flagellum-independent trail formation is a new mechanism for migration of E. coli cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1802-1805 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 Jan 1 |
Keywords
- Cell morphology
- Escherichia coli
- Flagella
- Growth
- Migration
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Analytical Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology
- Organic Chemistry