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Bacterial motility on a surface: many ways to a common goal.

Rasika M. Harshey
- 28 Nov 2003 - 
- Vol. 57, Iss: 1, pp 249-273
TLDR
This review focuses mainly on surface motility and makes comparisons to features shared by other surface phenomenon.
Abstract
When free-living bacteria colonize biotic or abiotic surfaces, the resultant changes in physiology and morphology have important consequences on their growth, development, and survival. Surface motility, biofilm formation, fruiting body development, and host invasion are some of the manifestations of functional responses to surface colonization. Bacteria may sense the growth surface either directly through physical contact or indirectly by sensing the proximity of fellow bacteria. Extracellular signals that elicit new gene expression include autoinducers, amino acids, peptides, proteins, and carbohydrates. This review focuses mainly on surface motility and makes comparisons to features shared by other surface phenomenon.

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