title: Flagellum-independent trail formation of escherichia coli on semi-solid agar.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Agricultural High-Tech Research Center, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan. 4hajime@bunshi3.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichihara
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008853:Microscopy; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D000362:Agar