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Preparation, Imaging, and Quantification of Bacterial Surface Motility Assays
Published on: April 7, 2015
A simple quantitative assay for bacterial motility
Journal of General Microbiology
|February 1, 1977
Abstract:
It is argued that the average motility of bacterial populations should be identified with a diffusivity parameter. A simple capillary assay for quantifying this parameter is described, and some results obtained by using this procedure are presented. It is concluded that the assay combine speed and simplicity of operation with sufficient accuracy to make it a valuable tool in the assessment of motility.

