Medical term:

swarm


swarm

  1. a group of social insects, especially bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony
  2. a large mass of small animals, especially insects.
  3. ability of certain MICROORGANISMS to move in a collective and ordered manner across a surface. For example, colonies of Proteus swarm in a series of concentric rings across an AGAR plate.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

swarm·ing

(swōrm'ing),
A progressive spreading by motile bacteria over the surface of a solid medium.
[A.S. swearm]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

swarming

(sworm′ĭng)
The spread of bacteria over a culture medium.
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