Involvement of motility and flagella in Bacillus cereus biofilm formation.

@article{Houry2010InvolvementOM,
  title={Involvement of motility and flagella in Bacillus cereus biofilm formation.},
  author={Ali Houry and Romain Briandet and St{\'e}phane Aymerich and Michel Gohar},
  journal={Microbiology},
  year={2010},
  volume={156 Pt 4},
  pages={
          1009-18
        }
}
Bacillus cereus is a food-borne pathogen and a frequent contaminant of food production plants. The persistence of this pathogen in various environments results from the formation of spores and of biofilms. To investigate the role of the B. cereus flagellar apparatus in biofilm formation, we constructed a non-flagellated mutant and a flagellated but non-motile mutant. Unexpectedly, we found that the presence of flagella decreased the adhesion of the bacterium to glass surfaces. We hypothesize… 
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