Flagella and motility behaviour of square bacteria.

M. Alam*, M. Claviez, D. Oesterhelt, M. Kessel

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Abstract

Square bacteria are shown to have right-handed helical (RH) flagella. They swim forward by clockwise (CW), and backwards by counterclockwise (CCW) rotation of their flagella. They are propelled by several or single filaments arising at several or single points on the cell surface. When there are several filaments a stable bundle is formed that does not fly apart during the change from clockwise to counterclockwise rotation or vice versa. In addition to the flagella attached to the cells, large amounts of detached flagella aggregated into thick super-flagella, can be observed at all phases of growth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2899-2903
Number of pages5
JournalEMBO Journal
Volume3
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 1984

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