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gliding motility
gliding motility[¦glīd·iŋ mō′til·əd·ē] (microbiology) A means of bacterial self-propulsion by slow gliding or creeping movements on the surface of a substrate. Gliding Motility
A twitching and translocating pattern of movement, typical of Capnocytophaga spp, in which the yellowish colonies display finger-like projections, that appear to glide over the primary isolation media—e.g., heart infusion agar; these gram-negative fusiform bacilli are indigenous to the oral cavity, are implicated in periodontal and oral infections and lack flagella |