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Enhanced swarming of bacteria on agar plates containing the surfactant Tween 80

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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 129-132

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.01.013

Keywords

swarming; Tween 80; motility; microbial ecology

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A widely used method for quantifying swarming motility is the swarm plate assay. A significant increase in the motility halo size formed by Escherichia coli or Azospirillum brasilense was measured on Tween 80-containing agar relative to untreated agar. This improvement could benefit the identification of mutants in swarming motility. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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