Research

Today we conducted research in the area of swarming which would allow the bacteria to move down the cracks.

1. Kearns DB, Chu F, Rudner R, and Losick R. (2004). "Genes governing swarming in Bacillus subtilis and evidence for a phase variation mechanism controlling surface motility". Molecular microbiology. 52(2). 357-69.
2. Julkowska D, Obuchowski M, Holland IB, and Se SJ. (2005). "Comparative Analysis of the Development of Swarming Communities of Bacillus subtilis 168 and a Natural Wild Type : Critical Effects of Surfactin and the Composition of the Medium". Journal of Bacteriology. 187(1). 65-76.