REPLY TO KOVÁCS ET AL: Surfing or sliding: The act of naming and its implications

Kovács et al. (1) have greatly contributed to the characterization of “sliding” (2⇓–4), a flagella-independent, “passive type of [bacterial] movement, [...] powered by the pushing force of dividing cells and additional factors facilitating the expansion over surfaces” (2). They suggest that bacteria...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2017-10, Vol.114 (42), p.E8803-E8804
Main Authors: Hennes, Marc, Tailleur, Julien, Charron, Gaëlle, Daerr, Adrian
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Language:English
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Summary:Kovács et al. (1) have greatly contributed to the characterization of “sliding” (2⇓–4), a flagella-independent, “passive type of [bacterial] movement, [...] powered by the pushing force of dividing cells and additional factors facilitating the expansion over surfaces” (2). They suggest that bacterial surfing (5) should be described by the same name to “facilitate the understanding between the biophysics and the microbiology communities.”Providing a clear and systematic classification of bacterial modes of motility is indeed a common objective of both communities, but one still has to agree on the best way to proceed. Bacteria possess a surprisingly rich toolbox to …
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1712278114