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Borrelia burgdorferi periplasmic flagella have both skeletal and motility functions.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Sept 2000

Motaleb M A, Corum L, Bono J L, Elias A F, Rosa P, Samuels D S, Charon N W

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Bacterial shape usually is dictated by the peptidoglycan layer of the cell wall. In this paper, we show that the morphology of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi is the result of a complex interaction between the cell cylinder and the internal periplasmic flagella. B. burgdorferi has a bundle of 7-11 helically shaped periplasmic flagella attached at each end of the cell cylinder and has a flat-wave...

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PMID: 10995478
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.200221797
PMCID: PMC27121

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