Asymmetric swimming pattern ofVibrio alginolyticuscells with single polar flagella
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Effect of viscosity on swimming by the lateral and polar flagella of Vibrio alginolyticus.
By using mutants of Vibrio alginolyticus with only a polar flagellum (Pof+ Laf-) or only lateral flagella (Pof- Laf+), we examined the relationship between swimming speed and the viscosity of the medium for each flagellar system. Pof+ Laf- cells could not swim in the high-viscosity environment (ca. 200 cP) in which Pof- Laf+ cells swam at 20 microns/s. The Pof- Laf+ cells swam at about 20 micro...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0378-1097,1574-6968
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.007