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SUMMARY:Bacterial swarming in Pseudomonas A.: socio-microbiology or hydrod
 ynamics? - Prof. Jan Vermant\, Unive Leuven\, Belgium
DTSTART:20101008T130000Z
DTEND:20101008T140000Z
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CONTACT:Erika Eiser
DESCRIPTION:Bacterial swarming is one of the most efficient methods by whi
 ch bacteria colonize nutrient-rich environments and host tissues. Swarming
  hence plays an important role in phenomena such as virulence and biofilm 
 formation. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the phenomenon
  and the intricate pattern formation\, but so far no conclusive evidence h
 as been presented on the mechanisms that control swarming and\,  vice vers
 a\, how swarming can be controlled. Here we show\, by using a range of com
 plementary genetic and physicochemical experiments and using a simple math
 ematical analysis how the swarming is caused by a flow driven by surface t
 ension gradients in the case of an opportunistic pathogen\, Pseudomonas  a
 eruginosa. \n
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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