Flagellum-independent Trail Formation of Escherichia coli on Semi-solid Agar

Hajime FUKUOKA; Michio HOMMA; Shigeyuki ICHIHARA

doi:10.1271/bbb.67.1802

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Online ISSN : 1347-6947
Print ISSN : 0916-8451

Microbiology & Fermentation Technology Notes

Flagellum-independent Trail Formation of Escherichia coli on Semi-solid Agar

Hajime FUKUOKA, Michio HOMMA, Shigeyuki ICHIHARA

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Keywords: Escherichia coli, cell morphology, flagella, migration, growth

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2003 Volume 67 Issue 8 Pages 1802-1805

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.67.1802

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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.

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