A three-panel microscopy showing pattern formation by swarming P. vortex

FIGURE A11-3Pattern formation by swarming P. vortex

Three examples showing regions of P. vortex colonies (7.4 × 5.5 cm area, scale bar indicates 1 cm, growing from a central inoculation point), the bacteria which leave considerable areas of the agar plate uncolonized and thereby create patterning. Panels B and C show detail from the central region and a peripheral region of the plate in panel A.

From: Appendix A, Contributed Manuscripts

Cover of The Social Biology of Microbial Communities
The Social Biology of Microbial Communities: Workshop Summary.
Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial Threats.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2012.
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