Abstract
Surfactants markedly inhibited swarming and gliding motility but not other movements nor the growth of Cytophaga U67. The swarming of several other gliding bacteria was also diminished. Inhibition of translocation may result from the fact that the surfactants blocked adhesion of these bacteria. In contrast, the gliding of Oscillatoria princeps was unaffected by reduction of surface free energy.
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Burchard, R.P. The effect of surfactants on the motility and adhesion of gliding bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 146, 147–150 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00402342
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