Bacillus subtilis Swarm

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Bacillus subtilis Swarm

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Bacteria of the species /Bacillus subtilis/ were inoculated at the center of a dish with gelose containing nutrients. The bacteria start mass-migrating outwards about twelve hours after inoculation, forming dendrites which reach the border of the dish (diameter 90mm) within a few hours. Two days after inoculation the number of bacteria has increased so much that they diffuse light significantly and appear white. This picture was taken against a lightsource to make the dendrites (white branched structures) clearly stand out.

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Adrian Daerr, Wikimedia Commons

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06 Dec 2024

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bacteriaBacillus subtilis

Adrian Daerr, Wikimedia Commons. Bacillus subtilis Swarm. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/image/2536 (accessed on 17 March 2025).

Adrian Daerr, Wikimedia Commons. Bacillus subtilis Swarm. Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/image/2536. Published Dec 06, 2024. Accessed 17 March, 2025.

Adrian Daerr, Wikimedia Commons. Bacillus subtilis Swarm. 2024. Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/image/2536.

Adrian Daerr, Wikimedia Commons. (2024). Bacillus subtilis Swarm. Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/image/2536

Adrian Daerr, Wikimedia Commons. "Bacillus subtilis Swarm." Encyclopedia, 2024, https://encyclopedia.pub/image/2536. Accessed 17 March, 2025.