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Cooperating Bacteria Mimic van Gogh to Migrate
In the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, cooperation between surfactin-producing and matrix-producing cells (artificially colored red and green, respectively, in the image) drives migration over solid surfaces by the formation of filamentous looped "van Gogh" bundles at the edge of the colony. See van Gestel et al.
Image Credit: Jordi van Gestel
Citation: (2015) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 13(4) April 2015. PLoS Biol 13(4): ev13.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v13.i04
Published: April 30, 2015
Copyright: © 2015 van Gestel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
In the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, cooperation between surfactin-producing and matrix-producing cells (artificially colored red and green, respectively, in the image) drives migration over solid surfaces by the formation of filamentous looped "van Gogh" bundles at the edge of the colony. See van Gestel et al.
Image Credit: Jordi van Gestel