#MicrobiologyMonday: Bacteria swarm, but DYK they also "swash"? This flagella-independent movement is tied to fermentation: as cells ferment sugars, they create local osmolarity gradients, which generate a wave of fluid driving expansion. #JBacteriology: https://t.co/HqEbHjMDNN
A mind-blowing presentation by Eric Dudebout from @WadhwaLab at @ASU, unraveling SWASHING MOTILITY, a propulsion-independent mechanism for bacterial surface migration.
https://t.co/zNGZG6Ayuh
@DNAmanipulation@UUtah
https://t.co/mto1n39mWd
#blastmeeting2025#motility
Somewhat delayed, but thanks to the feedback from many folks, including @EvolvedBiofilm, @AnuKhareLab, and others, we revised our recent bioRxiv pre-print.
Most importantly, we re-christened this bacterial motility mechanism to 'Swashing Motility.'
🧵-> https://t.co/k9tQhjpB9T
🎉 It’s the 2-year anniversary of the Wadhwa lab! Perfect time to share our lab’s first preprint. Read on for a surprising new discovery about bacterial motility.
https://t.co/XKTqTFYeMb
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🎉 It’s the 2-year anniversary of the Wadhwa lab! Perfect time to share our lab’s first preprint. Read on for a surprising new discovery about bacterial motility.
https://t.co/XKTqTFYeMb
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This work is a close collaboration with David Blair’s group at @UUtah. Big kudos to Dave’s former grad student @DNAmanipulation and our own star undergrad-turned-master’s student, Eric Dudebout, for leading these efforts beautifully.
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