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SUBMITTER: Nagel AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330051 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200701 1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, like many bacilliforms, are not limited only to swimming motility but rather possess many motility strategies. In particular, twitching-mode motility employs hair-like pili to transverse moist surfaces with a jittery irregular crawl. Twitching motility plays a critical role in redistributing cells on surfaces prior to and during colony formation. We combine molecular dynamics and rule-based simulations to study twitching-mode motility of model bacilliforms and show that t ...[more]