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SUBMITTER: Gibbs KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2567286 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gibbs Karine A KA Urbanowski Mark L ML Greenberg E Peter EP
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20080701 5886
The bacterium Proteus mirabilis is capable of movement on solid surfaces by a type of motility called swarming. Boundaries form between swarming colonies of different P. mirabilis strains but not between colonies of a single strain. A fundamental requirement for boundary formation is the ability to discriminate between self and nonself. We have isolated mutants that form boundaries with their parent. The mutations map within a six-gene locus that we term ids for identification of self. Five of t ...[more]