Paenibacillus dendritiformis

Paenibacillus dendritiformis decreased from 2 to about 1.8 on agar in the presence of 3 iJLg ml co-trimoxazole (Septrin) [25], Changes in these systems were attributed to changes in chemotactic signalling between bacteria, resulting in a shift in colonial morphology. 

Hgure 3. Pattern formation of three Paenibacillus morphotypes during colonial development showing different modes of patterning, (a] P. dendritiformis C (chiral) (b) a higher magnification of one of the chiral branches from (a) (c) P dendritiformis T (tip splitting) and (d) R vortex (V). 

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