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Studies on Bacterial Surface Translocation
Author(s) -
Henrighsen JØrgen,
Frøholm Leif Oddvar,
Bøvre Kjell
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1972.tb00059.x
Subject(s) - chromosomal translocation , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , gene
Three strains of Moraxella nonliquefaciens , three strains of M. bovis and three strains of M. kingii that all have been separated into fimbriated variants, forming spreading and corroding colonies, and non‐fimbriated variants, forming non‐spreading and non‐corroding colonies, were examined. It was found that spreading in all cases takes place by means of the type of surface translocation called twitching. Some possible implications of this are briefly discussed.