Team:Newcastle/Swarming
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Swarming
It is known that Bacillus subtilis (strain 168) which is generally used in the lab is unable to swarm on a solid surface eg. agar plate. This is because of two reasons which are:
- Surfactin is a natural surfactant which helps in reducing surface tension and aids the bacteria to swarm on a solid or semi solid medium. Strain 168 is unable to produce the bacterial cyclic lipopeptide surfactin.
- Strain 168 is also unable to bio synthesize flagellum and thus has a very low amount of swarming.