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Unique behavioral patterns of wandering colonies of Brevibacillus thermoruber on agar plates.
Sakka, Kazuo; Kihira, Masaki; Kuhara, Wataru; Mochida, Akihiro; Ogawa, Satoru; Kimura, Tetsuya; Sakka, Makiko.
Afiliação
  • Sakka K; Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
  • Kihira M; Iga Research Center, Mie University, Iga, Japan.
  • Kuhara W; Kinki Kankyo Service Co., Ltd., Nabari, Japan.
  • Mochida A; Kinki Kankyo Service Co., Ltd., Nabari, Japan.
  • Ogawa S; Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
  • Kimura T; Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
  • Sakka M; Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
J Basic Microbiol ; 64(6): e2400091, 2024 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38651780
ABSTRACT
Brevibacillus thermoruber strain Nabari cells grow as widely spreading dendritic colonies on reasoner's 2A-agar (1.5%) plates at around 55°C but as small motile colonies at 37°C. Motile colonies can be divided into colonies that move in straight or curved lines over long distances (wandering colonies), and colonies that rotate at a fixed location (rotating colonies). The addition of surfactant to the agar medium greatly increased the frequency of wandering colonies and facilitated the study of such colonies. The morphology of the wandering colonies varied circular at the tip and pointed at the back, lemon-shaped with pointed ends, crescent-shaped, bullet-shaped, fish-like, and so on. A single colony may split into multiple colonies as it moves, or multiple colonies may merge into a single colony. The most surprising aspect of the movement of wandering colonies was that when a moving colony collides with another colony, it sometimes does not make a U-turn, but instead retreats straight back, as if bouncing back. The migration mechanisms of wandering colonies are discussed based on optical microscopic observations of swimming patterns of single cells in water and scanning electron microscopy of the arrangement of bacterial cells in wandering colonies.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Meios de Cultura / Ágar / Brevibacillus Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Meios de Cultura / Ágar / Brevibacillus Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article