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RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 163, Issue 9-10, Pages 619-629Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.016
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Bacterial motility; Type IV pili; Flagella; Biofilm formation
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-1151133]
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1151133] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We review physically-motivated studies of bacterial near-surface motility driven by flagella and type IV pili (TfP) in the context of biofilm formation. We describe the motility mechanisms that individual bacteria deploying flagella and TfP use to move on and near surfaces, and discuss how the interactions of motility appendages with fluid and surfaces promote motility, attachment and dispersal of bacteria on surfaces prior to biofilm formation. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of Institut Pasteur.
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