Swarming

Swarming motility is defined as a rapid multicellular movement of bacteria across a surface, powered by rotating flagella PubMed. Laboratory strains of Bacillus subtilis do not exhibit swarming motility PubMed.

Parent categories	4. Lifestyles 4.1. Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles
Neighbouring categories	4.1.1. Motility and chemotaxis 4.1.2. Swarming 4.1.3. Sliding 4.1.4. Biofilm formation 4.1.5. Genetic competence
Related categories	SinR regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Labs working on swarming

• Daniel Kearns
• Roberto Kolter
• Richard Losick

Key genes and operons involved in swarming

• required for swarming
  • SfrAA
  • SfrAB
  • SfrAC
  • SfrAD
  • hag
  • cheA
  • cheY
  • efp
  • swrA
  • swrB
  • ylxH

• regulation
  • SlrR
  • SlrA
  • SinR

Key reviews

Joyce E Patrick, Daniel B Kearns
Swarming motility and the control of master regulators of flagellar biosynthesis.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(1);14-23
[PubMed:22092493] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Daniel B Kearns
A field guide to bacterial swarming motility.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2010, 8(9);634-44
[PubMed:20694026] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)